This book is designed as an introduction to recent social science work on risk and is intended primarily for students in sociology, social psychology, and psychology, although it will also be useful for those studying political science, government, public policy, and economics. It is written by leading experts actively involved in research in the field.

• 1: Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn: The Current Significance of Riske


• 2: Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby: Risk as an Interdisciplinary Research Area


• 3: Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby: The Challenge of (Managing) New Risks


• 4: Hazel Kemshall: Crime and Risk


• 5: Nick Pidgeon, Peter Simmons, and Karen Henwood: Risk, Environment, and Technology


• 6: John Tulloch: Everyday Life and Leisure Time


• 7: Jane Lewis and Sophie Sarre: Risk and Intimate Relationships


• 8: Andy Alaszewski: Health and Risk


• 9: Sarah Vickerstaff: Life Course, Youth, and Old Age


• 10: Bridget Hutter: Risk, Regulation, and Management


• 11: Anwen Jones, David Abbott, and Deborah Quilgars: Social Inequality and Risk


• 12: Emma Hughes, Jenny Kitzinger and Graham Murdock: The Media and Risk


• 13: Peter Taylor-Gooby: Social and Public Policy