Health and Safety in Contemporary Britain Society, Legitimacy, and C
This book analyses the perceived legitimacy of health and safety in post-1960 British public life. Since 2010 health and safety has appeared to be in crisis, being attacked by press, politicians and public alike, but are these claims of crisis accurate? H
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Society, Legitimacy, and Change since 1960
Health and Safety in Contemporary Britain
Paul Almond · Mike Esbester
Health and Safety in Contemporary Britain Society, Legitimacy, and Change since 1960
Paul Almond School of Law University of Reading Reading, UK
Mike Esbester School of Area Studies, History, Politics and Literature University of Portsmouth Portsmouth, UK
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) for funding and supporting the original research upon which this book is based. The project from which it draws, ‘The Changing Legitimacy of Health and Safety at Work, 1960–2015’, was a part of IOSH’s ‘Health and Safety in a Changing World’ research programme. The five-year programme was intended to explore the landscape of occupational safety and health and its implications for developing solutions that provide effective protection for workers and their communities. This book draws on the research and materials produced as part of that programme; we are very grateful to IOSH for their agreement for us to use this material for publication purposes. In particular, we are grateful for the assistance of Robert Dingwall (Nottingham Trent University/ IOSH Research Programme Director) and Jane White (IOSH Head of Research and Information Services). The excellent work undert
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