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      Globalization and Regulatory Character
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      Regulatory Reform after the Kader Toy Factory Fire

      Globalization and Regulatory Character

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      Globalization and Regulatory Character book

      Regulatory Reform after the Kader Toy Factory Fire
      ByFiona Haines
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2005
      eBook Published 17 June 2019
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351157209
      Pages 220
      eBook ISBN 9781351157209
      Subjects Law
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      Haines, F. (2005). Globalization and Regulatory Character: Regulatory Reform after the Kader Toy Factory Fire (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351157209

      ABSTRACT

      Originally published in 2005. Uniting critical debates on globalization with those on regulation, this book provides an innovative account of the fate of safety regulation in the face of global pressures. The author addresses the key question of whether globalization is making safety standards better or worse. She analyzes the diverse strands of globalization that threaten safety standards and examines the measures that hold potential for beneficial change. Regulatory character, a theoretical model that captures local economic, political and cultural influence developed in the work, sheds light on how and why regulation and safety standards do or do not change in the face of a crisis. The theoretical work is grounded and illuminated by research on the Thai government's response to the Kader fire, set in the rapidly industrializing context of Southeast Asia. Theoretically rigorous and empirically rich, the book has critical contemporary social relevance. It demonstrates a diverse theoretical heritage (embracing Weber, Douglas and Christopher Hood amongst others) that critically and productively engages with research and policy making to raise safety standards.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter Chapter 1|12 pages

      The Tragedy of Kader

      chapter Chapter 2|14 pages

      Industrial Disasters, Regulatory Change and Globalization

      chapter Chapter 3|34 pages

      Regulatory Character

      chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

      Ripples in a Pond: The Response to Kader

      chapter Chapter 5|30 pages

      Regulatory Character and Response: Patriarchalism and Self-reliance

      chapter Chapter 6|26 pages

      Regulatory Character and Response: Protest and Law Reform

      chapter Chapter 7|24 pages

      Globalization, Self-reliance and Global Rationalism

      chapter Chapter 8|18 pages

      Globalization, Sovereignty and Activism

      chapter Chapter 9|12 pages

      Conclusions

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