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Author:   Patrick Brown (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ,  Anna Olofsson (Mid Sweden University, Oestersund, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138099067

ISBN 10:   1138099066
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   07 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction – Risk, uncertainty and policy: towards a social-dialectical understanding 1. Nuclear power in China after Fukushima: understanding public knowledge, attitudes, and trust 2. The ‘new social contract’ and the individualisation of risk in policy 3. Towards a global governance of risks: international health organisations and the surveillance of emerging infectious diseases 4. Risks and political responses to climate change in Brazilian coastal cities 5. Unravelling science-policy interactions in environmental risk governance of the Baltic Sea: comparing fisheries and eutrophication 6. Risk policies and risk perceptions: a comparative study of environmental health risk policy and perception in six European countries

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Patrick Brown is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His recent work includes Making Health Policy, and Trusting on the Edge. Anna Olofsson is Professor in Sociology and Director of Risk and Crisis Research Centre, Mid Sweden University, Oestersund, Sweden. Her research interests include intersectional risk theory and methodologies.

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