Power and Risk in Policymaking

Understanding Public Health Debates

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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The book argues that public health risk communication is a process embedded within multiple dimensions of power and set out practical way forward for public health risk communication.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-09-04
Mått148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt308 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor127
Upplaga19001
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030193133

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Josephine Adekola is Lecturer in risk management within the department of Finance, Accountancy and Risk, at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. She teaches at both postgraduate and undergraduate level in business continuity, crisis management and planning, risk analysis and modelling. Josephine is an experienced researcher and has research interest in areas such as risk communication, public policy making, community resilience, business continuity and risk analysis. She has published extensively in the areas of risk and resilience in highly recognised journals. Before joining GCU, Josephine worked at the National Centre for Resilience for Scotland and the University of Glasgow.

Chapter 1: Risk, Risk Communication and Policy Making.- Chapter 2: Risk Assessment and the Nature of Expertise in Policy Making.- Chapter 3: The Critique of the Social Amplification of Risk Framework from the Power Perspective.- Chapter 4: The UK Smoking Debate.- Chapter 5: The UK MMR Vaccine Debate (1998 - 2000).- Chapter 6: The Sugar Debate.- Chapter 7: The Policy Evaluation Risk Communication Framework.- Chapter 8: The Role of Power and Expertise in Social Amplification of Risk.- Chapter 9: Best Practice Risk Communication and Conclusion.