Risk governance of offshore oil and gas operations / edited by Preben Hempel Lindøe (University of Stavanger), Michael Baram (Boston University Law School), Ortwin Renn (University of Stuttgart)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Generic Model for Risk Governance : Concept and Application to Technological Installations / Ortwin Renn -- Modes of Risk Regulation for Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents / Michael Baram and Preben H. Lindøe -- Values and Norms : a Basis for a Safety Culture / Kathryn Mearns -- Optimising Offshore Health and Safety Inspections : How the Markets Could Help / Emre Emre Üşenmez -- Safety regulation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf / Knut Kaasen -- Health and Safety Regulation on the UKCS : Evolution and Future Prospects / John Paterson -- Preventing Accidents in Offshore Oil and Gas : the U.S. Regulatory Regime / Michael Baram -- A New Policy Direction in Australian Offshore Safety Regulation / Jan Hayes -- Safety Indicators Used by Authorities in the Petroleum Industry of UK, US and Norway / Helene Cecilie Blakstad -- Governmental Enforced Self-Regulation : The Norwegian Case / Paul Bang and Olaf Thuestad -- Contested Terrains in Risk Regulation : Legitimacy Challenges in Implementation Processes / Jacob Kringen -- Boxing and Dancing : Tripartite Collaboration as an Integral Part of a Regulatory Regime / Ragnar Rosness and Ulla Forseth -- Emergent Risk and New Technologies / Ole Andreas Engen -- Near Major Accidents : a Challenge for Regulator and the Regulated / Ole Andreas Engen -- Inspections, Independence and Intelligence / Helge Ryggvik -- Advancing Robust Regulation : Reflections and Lessons to be Learned / Andrew Hale.