David Denney is Professor of Social and Public Policy, Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Notes on Contributors 1. Editorial Introduction (David Denney).2. Fear, Human Rights and New Labour Policy Post-9/11 (David Denney).3. Does Difference Make a Difference in Financial Planning for Risk? (Deborah Quilgars, Anwen Jones and David Abbott).4. The Great Cut: The Support for Private Modes of Social Evasion by Public Policy (Rowland Atkinson).5. Risk and Public Protection: Responding to Involuntary and ‘Taboo’ Risk (Hazel Kemshall and Jason Wood).6. Social Policy beyond Fear: The Globalization of Strangeness, the ‘War on Terror’ and ‘Spaces of Wonder’ (Chris Rumford).7. Fear and Security: A Vulnerability-led Policy Response (Frank Furedi).8. Child Protection Social Work: Risks of Fears and Fears of Risks – Impossible Tasks from Impossible Goals? (Brian Littlechild).9. Fear of Others: Social Exclusion and the European Crisis of Solidarity (Gerard Delanty).10. ‘We Don’t Have to Take This’: Zero Tolerance of Violence against Health Care Workers in a Time of Insecurity (Jonathan Gabe and Mary Ann Elston).11. Afterword: Risk and Welfare (Bent Greve).Index