Lives in Peril: Profit or Safety in the Global Maritime Industry?
Walters, David, Bailey, Nick
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Description for Lives in Peril: Profit or Safety in the Global Maritime Industry?
Hardcover. Highlights how vulnerable seafarers are as a group of workers and that they are made so by the structure and organisation of their employment and the limits of the maritime regulatory system. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KNGS; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Lives in Peril demonstrates how and why seafarers are a vulnerable group of workers. It argues they are made so by the organisation and structure of their employment; the prioritisation of profit over safety by the actors that engage and control their labour; the limits of enforcement of the regulatory framework that is in place to protect them; and by their weakness as collective actors in relation to capital. The consequences of this vulnerability are seen in data on their occupationally-related morbidity and mortality - evidence that probably only represents a partial picture of the actual extent of the physical, ... Read more
Lives in Peril demonstrates how and why seafarers are a vulnerable group of workers. It argues they are made so by the organisation and structure of their employment; the prioritisation of profit over safety by the actors that engage and control their labour; the limits of enforcement of the regulatory framework that is in place to protect them; and by their weakness as collective actors in relation to capital. The consequences of this vulnerability are seen in data on their occupationally-related morbidity and mortality - evidence that probably only represents a partial picture of the actual extent of the physical, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230573833
SKU
V9780230573833
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Walters, David, Bailey, Nick
David Walters is Professor of Work Environment at Cardiff University, UK. He has written extensively on various aspects of the work environment, including employee representation and consultation on health and safety, the politics of health and safety at work, governance and regulation of health and safety, and chemical risks and health and safety in small firms. Nick Bailey is ... Read more
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