| 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 |
| Four Standards for Aviation Fire Safety |
| Five Safety Standards and Labeling Requirements for Woodstoves |
| An Overview of Woodstove Safety |
| • | Underwriters Laboratories |
| UL 1482: Room Heaters, Solid-Fuel Type |
| The CPSC Labeling Rule |
| • | The Staff Drafts a Rule |
| • | Analysis or Post Hoc Rationalization? |
| • | Minimal Costs, Doubtful Benefits |
| • | Comments, Some Changes, and a Deferred Decision |
| • | Presumed Benefits, Implementation Problems |
| • | Summary Evaluation |
| 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 |