Risk Books

New and Published Books

1. Panic

   By Keith Tester

   Series: Shortcuts

   Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen? This book uses a range of literature from sociology, cultural studies and popular psychology to develop...

   Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. The GM Debate

   Risk, Politics and Public Engagement

   By Tom Horlick-Jones, John Walls, Gene Rowe, Nick Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga, Graham Murdock, Tim O'Riordan

   Series: Genetics and Society

   This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK. Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets it within its political and...

   Published July 13th 2009 by Routledge
3. Sport, Professionalism and Pain

   Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

   By David Howe

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport?Is sports medicine a tool to empower or to disempower athletes? David Howe considers these and other pertinent concerns and questions whether, in the world of modern sport, it is the participants themselves or the...

   Published December 17th 2003 by Routledge