Governing the gap: Forging safe science through relational regulation

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-42

  Huising, Ruthanne ^a   Silbey, Susan S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management system; Laboratory safety; Regulatory compliance; Relational regulation; Sociological citizen

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952167249     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2010.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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