@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2017.0102, TITLE={Globalization and industrial risks A critical evaluation of the theories of globalization from industrial disasters and accidents at work}, AUTHOR={Stéphane Callens, }, JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, VOLUME={2}, NUMBER={Issue 1}, YEAR={2017}, URL={http://openscience.fr/Globalization-and-industrial-risks-A-critical-evaluation-of-the-theories-of}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2017.0102}, ISSN={2399-8571}, ABSTRACT={Theories of globalization emerged in the mid-1980s during a period which saw an increase in the number of industrial accidents. These different theories approach industrial risk in their own ways: as a “manna” brought by globalization, as a ubiquitous probability of a disaster, or as an injustice repeatedly reaching the most vulnerable people. The empirical study of global data between 1983 and 2014 indicates some positive developments in recent times, which is an argument in favor of ubiquitous approach proposed by Ulrich Beck (1944–2015).}}