The Politics of Safety and Health: Occupational Safety and Health in the United States and Britain

by Graham K. Wilson

In thousands of factories around the U.S., Britain, and every other industrial nation, workers suffer from occupationally-caused illness and accidents that could easily have been prevented. This book is about the politics behind industrial health and safety decision-making in the U.S. and Britain, where human health and safety considerations often take a back seat to overall social and economic goals. Wilson contends that it is political actors-Presidents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198274688
• ISBN13: 9780198274681
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages