Power and Risk in Policymaking

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

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.

• risk
• risk communication
• public debates
• policy making
• policy inquiry
• expertise and interpretation
• social amplification of risk
• power
• expertise and risk communication
• the smoking debate
• expertise and policy making
• MMR vaccine
• the MMR vaccine debate
• Wakefield
• Sugar debate
• policy evaluation risk communication framework
• expertise and policy regulation
• Social amplification of risk framework (SARF)
• communication and trust
• public health and safety

• Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

  Josephine Adekola

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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