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Power and Risk in Policymaking

Understanding Public Health Debates

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Josephine Adekola

    1. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

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  • Examines how the use of power and expertise shapes risk communication within the policy context
  • Extends current understanding of social amplification of risk from the power and expertise perspective
  • Develops understanding of policy making in emerging risk arena

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Risk, Risk Communication and Policymaking

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 1-11

  3. Risk Assessment and the Nature of Expertise in Policy Making

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 13-26

  4. A Critique of the Social Amplification of Risk Framework from the Power Perspective

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 27-41

  5. The UK Smoking Debate

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 43-60

  6. The UK MMR Vaccine Debate

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 61-72

  7. The Sugar Debate

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 73-83

  8. The Policy Evaluation Risk Communication Framework

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 85-101

  9. The Role of Power and Expertise in Social Amplification of Risk

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 103-118

  10. Best Practice Risk Communication and Conclusion

    • Josephine Adekola
    Pages 119-127
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About this book

This book presents detailed accounts of policymaking in contemporary risk communication. Specifically, it expands on the understanding of the policy decision-making process where there is little or no evidential base, and where multiple interpretations, power dynamics and values shape the interpretation of public health risk issues. 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Josephine Adekola

About the author

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.

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