Health and Safety in Contemporary Britain Society, Legitimacy, and Change since 1960 /

• Main Authors: Almond, Paul (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Esbester, Mike (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Law-History.; Great Britain-History.; History, Modern.; Employee health promotion.; Legal History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Modern History.; Employee Health and Wellbeing.

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? How have understandings of health and safety c...