ABSTRACT
Having discussed the data and linked these back to critical issues in construction throughout Chapters 4–6 and their interconnected character, this chapter explores the notion of multi-stakeholder co-operation and ‘relational regulation’ to begin framing some practical interventions moving forward. In so doing, this chapter refers to the over-arching state-corporate crime theoretical framework of the book, also examining the relationship between ‘harm reduction regimes’ used in social harm literature and ‘regimes of permission’ used in state-corporate crime literature. The first approach signifies differences in social arrangements that mitigate harms occurring at a structural level, while the second approach focuses on the political economy of corporate crime and harm. It is argued that these different systems of political-economic governance determine how far states, industries, and corporations are conducive to state-corporate crime and harm; and therefore, how realistic any proposed solutions are. Multi-stakeholder co-operation presupposes a complex series of interactions between a range of actors and regulatory structures, which on the one hand might reproduce structures of impunity and perpetuate existing power structures. On the other, it might help to tackle the complexities of criminogenic sectors and build up resilience of involved stakeholders against the so-called ‘regulatory dance’, i.e., changes of governments and fluxes in priorities at the macro level. On a more pragmatic level, the chapter concludes by reviewing challenges in implementing co-operation within and between the public and private sectors.
