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Trust, Risk and Uncertainty

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Editors:
  1. Sean Watson

    1. School of Sociology, University of the West of England, UK

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  2. Anthony Moran

    1. School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Sean Watson, Anthony Moran
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Theory and Philosophy of Trust, Risk and Uncertainty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Radical Uncertainty: Human Emotion and Ethical Dilemmas

      • Paul Hoggett
      Pages 13-25

    3. Trust, Risk and Identity

      • Simon Thompson
      Pages 26-46

    4. Risk, Sensibility, Ethics and Justice in the later Levinas

      • Peter Jowers
      Pages 47-72

    5. Moral Uncertainty, Feminism and Descartes’ Demon

      • Alison Assiter
      Pages 73-86

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 269-275
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Sociology, University of the West of England, UK

    Sean Watson

  • School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia

    Anthony Moran

About the editors

STUART ALLAN Reader, School of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, UK ALISON ANDERSON Principal Lecturer in Sociology, University of Plymouth, UK ALISON ASSITER Professor of Feminist Theory and Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of the West of England, UK ARTHUR BAXTER Principal Lecturer in Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, UK TONY BOVAIRD Professor of Strategy and Public Service Management, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK CAROLYN BRITTON Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of the west of England, UK LITA CROCIANI-WINDLAND Part-time Lecturer and Research Student, University of the West of England, UK HARRY FERGUSON Professor of Social Work, University of the West of England, UK DAVID GREEN Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, UK PAUL HOGGETT Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Psycho- Social Studies, University of the West of England, UK PETER JOWERS Senior Lecturer in Politics, Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, UK ELKE LOEFFLER Chief Executive of Governance International, UK AJIT NAYAK Senior Lecturer in Strategy and International Business, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK ALAN PETERSEN Professor of Sociology of Health and Illness, School of Sociology, Politics and Law, University of Plymouth, UK SIMON THOMPSON Senior Lecturer in Politics, Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, UK LEAH WILD teaches sociology at the University of the West of England and the University of Bath, UK

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