Synopses & Reviews
This edited collection focuses on recently emerging debates around the themes of "risk", "trust", "uncertainty", and "ambivalence." Where much of the work on these themes in the social sciences has been theory based and driven, this book combines theoretical sophistication with close to the ground analysis and research in the fields of philosophy, education, social policy, government, health and social care, politics and cultural studies.
Synopsis
The themes 'trust', 'risk ' and 'uncertainty' seem especially pertinent in the context of the post-9/11 world. This book brings together a range of new research with a focus on the 'risk society' debate and on the themes of 'trust', 'uncertainty' and 'ambivalence'. Where much of the work within these crucial debates in the social sciences has been theory-based and theory-driven, Trust, Risk and Uncertainty combines theoretical sophistication with empirical analysis and research in the fields of philosophy, education, social policy, government, health and social care, sociology, and media and cultural studies.
About the Author
Sean Watson is Principal Lecturer and Head of School of Sociology, and
Anthony Moran is Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Critical Theory, both at University of the West of England.
Table of Contents
Introduction--S.Watson & A.Moran* Human Emotion and Ethical Dilemmas--P.Hoggett * Feminism and Descartes' Demon--A.Assiter* On Trust Between Strangers: The Guest's Responsibility to Her Host--P.Jowers* Trust, Risk and Identity--S.Thompson * Trust, Risk and Expert Systems: The Case of Child Protection--H.Ferguson * 'They Kind of Think I'm Better Than They Are': Risk, Identity and Change in the Lives of Mature Students in Higher Education--A.Baxter & C.Britton* Communities, Trust and Organisational Responses to Local Governance Failure--T.Bovaird & E.Loeffler* Journalism, Risk and Human Cloning--S.Allan, A.Anderson & A.Petersen* Managing Uncertainty--A.Nayak* Transgressive Terrain. Reframing Diaspora, Exlie and Mistrust: The Case of the 'New Age' Nomads--L.Wild * What Can't Be Cured...May Be Enjoyed: Integrative Dynamics and Siena's Palio--L.Crociani-Windland * Century of the Brain: Trusting Science with our Souls--S.Watson * Trust and Uncertainty in a Settler Society: Relations Between Settlers and Aborigines in Australia--A.Moran * Trust and Magic--D.Green