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Informationen zum Autor David Denney is Professor of Social and Public Policy, Royal Holloway, University of London. Klappentext Through a series of essays by leading social public policy experts, Living in Dangerous Times analyzes the impact of fear on the development of social policy in the UK in the post 9-11 - and 7/11 - world.* Incorporates an approach that pushes back traditional views of what the study of social policy should be about* Features essays by leading scholars that combine original theories with empirical data* Analyzes the complexities of policy development and governance in a world suffused with fear and uncertainty* Addresses critical contemporary questions for policy makers and policy analysts Zusammenfassung Through a series of essays by leading social public policy experts, Living in Dangerous Times analyzes the impact of fear on the development of social policy in the UK in the post 9-11 - and 7/11 - world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors 1. Editorial Introduction (David Denney). 2. Fear, Human Rights and New Labour Policy Post-9/11 (David Denney). 3. Does Difference Make a Difference in Financial Planning for Risk? (Deborah Quilgars, Anwen Jones and David Abbott). 4. The Great Cut: The Support for Private Modes of Social Evasion by Public Policy (Rowland Atkinson). 5. Risk and Public Protection: Responding to Involuntary and 'Taboo' Risk (Hazel Kemshall and Jason Wood). 6. Social Policy beyond Fear: The Globalization of Strangeness, the 'War on Terror' and 'Spaces of Wonder' (Chris Rumford). 7. Fear and Security: A Vulnerability-led Policy Response (Frank Furedi). 8. Child Protection Social Work: Risks of Fears and Fears of Risks - Impossible Tasks from Impossible Goals? (Brian Littlechild). 9. Fear of Others: Social Exclusion and the European Crisis of Solidarity (Gerard Delanty). 10. 'We Don't Have to Take This': Zero Tolerance of Violence against Health Care Workers in a Time of Insecurity (Jonathan Gabe and Mary Ann Elston). 11. Afterword: Risk and Welfare (Bent Greve). Index ...
