| Setting Safety Standards |
| ABBREVIATIONS |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| PART ONE INTRODUCTION |
| One Protective Regulation and the Impasse Between the Public and Private Sectors |
| Two Background and Research Design |
| PART TWO CASE STUDIES |
| Three Safety Standards for Grain Elevators |
| Grain Elevators and the Explosion Problem |
| The NFPA Standard for Grain Elevators |
| • | Housekeeping: A Gentlemen's Agreement |
| • | The Unspoken Arguments: Liability and Retroactivity |
| • | The Uneasy Solution: Change the Packaging |
| • | Technical Arguments, Surprising Results |
| The OSHA Standard |
| • | Summary Evaluation |
| Four Standards for Aviation Fire Safety |
| Five Safety Standards and Labeling Requirements for Woodstoves |
| Six Safety Standards for Unvented Gas-Fired Space Heaters |
| PART THREE ANALYSIS |
| Seven Public and Private Conceptions of Safety |
| Eight Regulatory Decisionmaking: Public and Private Standards in Action |
| Nine Explaining Regulatory Behavior |
| Ten Comparative Institutional Advantages |
| PART FOUR POLICY IMPLICATIONS |
| Eleven Reforming Standards-Setting: The Procedural Perspective |
| Twelve Interactive Strategies and Alternative Policy Instruments |
| APPENDIX: LIST OF INTERVIEWS |
| Notes |
| BIBLIOGRAPHIES |
| INDEX |