Root-Cause Regulation: Protecting Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century

by Michael J. Piore

Work is now more deadly than war, killing approximately 2.3 million people a year worldwide. The United States, with its complex regulatory system, has one of the highest rates of occupational fatality in the developed world, and deteriorating working conditions more generally. Why, after a century of reform, are U.S. workers growing less safe and secure? Comparing U.S. regulatory practices to their European and Latin American counterparts, Root-Cause...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674979605
• ISBN13: 9780674979604
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"