Power and Risk in Policymaking: Understanding Public Health Debates

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Risk, Risk Communication and Policymaking (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 1-11 Risk Assessment and the Nature of Expertise in Policy Making (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 13-26 A Critique of the Social Amplification of Risk Framework from the Power Perspective (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 27-41 The UK Smoking Debate (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 43-60 The UK MMR Vaccine Debate (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 61-72 The Sugar Debate (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 73-83 The Policy Evaluation Risk Communication Framework (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 85-101 The Role of Power and Expertise in Social Amplification of Risk (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 103-118 Best Practice Risk Communication and Conclusion (Josephine Adekola)....Pages 119-127