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This book provides an accessible guide to the key elements of risk in policy making and shows how its use and misuse has shaped policy makers' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a range of countries.

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Foreword: Jens Zinn Preface 1. Introduction: Risk as a Key Feature of Late Modern Societies Part 1: Responding to the Challenges of the Pandemic 2. Managing Uncertainty: Framing COVID-19 3. The Risks of COVID-19: Probability, Categorisation and Outcomes 4. Communicating Risk: Public Health Messaging Part 2: Mitigating Risk Through Science and Technology 5. ‘Following the Science’: Expertise and Risk 6. Risk Work To Maintain Services During the Pandemic Part 3: Risk Narratives 7. Pandemic Narratives: Telling Stories About COVID-19 and Its Risks 8. Contesting Risk: Conspiracy Theories 9. Hindsight: Inquiries and the Blame Game Part 4: Reflections on the Pandemic and Risk 10. Conclusion: Risk and the Pandemic

Managing Risk during the COVID19 Pandemic

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 09/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9781447365242, 978-1447365242
      ISBN10: 1447365240
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides an accessible guide to the key elements of risk in policy making and shows how its use and misuse has shaped policy makers' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a range of countries.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword: Jens Zinn Preface 1. Introduction: Risk as a Key Feature of Late Modern Societies Part 1: Responding to the Challenges of the Pandemic 2. Managing Uncertainty: Framing COVID-19 3. The Risks of COVID-19: Probability, Categorisation and Outcomes 4. Communicating Risk: Public Health Messaging Part 2: Mitigating Risk Through Science and Technology 5. ‘Following the Science’: Expertise and Risk 6. Risk Work To Maintain Services During the Pandemic Part 3: Risk Narratives 7. Pandemic Narratives: Telling Stories About COVID-19 and Its Risks 8. Contesting Risk: Conspiracy Theories 9. Hindsight: Inquiries and the Blame Game Part 4: Reflections on the Pandemic and Risk 10. Conclusion: Risk and the Pandemic

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