The changing legitimacy of health and safety, 1960–2015: understanding the past, preparing for the future

P. Almond, Mike Esbester
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Abstract ‘Health and safety’ currently has an image problem in the UK. This article explores the origins of these current negative perceptions, framed around the concept of legitimacy – the degree to which a policy project of this sort is viewed as right, proper, and appropriate. The article considers and evaluates key moments in the growth and decline of social consensus around health and safety since 1960, including the Robens Committee and subsequent Health and Safety at Work Act, the decline of trade unionism, the extension of health and safety beyond the workplace, and the rise of the safety profession. It concludes that change has been much more subtle and less uniform than general perceptions might suggest, and makes recommendations for how public engagement with occupational health and safety might be restructured.
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1960-2015年健康与安全合法性的变化:了解过去,为未来做准备
“健康与安全”目前在英国有一个形象问题。本文围绕合法性的概念探讨了当前这些负面看法的起源,合法性是指这种政策项目被视为正确、适当和适当的程度。本文考虑并评估了自1960年以来围绕健康和安全的社会共识的增长和下降的关键时刻,包括罗宾斯委员会和随后的《工作场所健康与安全法》,工会主义的衰落,健康和安全延伸到工作场所之外,以及安全专业的兴起。报告的结论是,变化比一般看法所暗示的要微妙得多,也不那么统一,并就如何重组公众对职业健康和安全的参与提出了建议。
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