Risk and Social Welfare.

Intro -- Risk and Social Welfare -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Contextualising and Conceptualizing Risk -- Introduction - Risk and Social Welfare: A Contextual Journey -- Introduction -- Structure and Organisation -- References -- 'A Conceptual Exploration of Risk: Crime, Human Security and Social Welfare' -- Introduction -- They Turn to Risk -- Theorizing Risk -- Applying Theories of Risk: Crime, Security and Social Welfare -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 2: Risk and Social Welfare: Key Themes -- Risk and Social Welfare -- Introduction -- An Occupation Pre-Occupied with Risk? -- Criminal Justice -- Child Protection -- Conclusion -- References -- Risk and Aging -- Introduction -- Aging in a Risk Society -- From Age to Need to Risk -- Age as a Risk Factor -- Health and Aging -- Crime and Aging -- Addressing Risk in Later Life: The Example of Silver Alerts -- References -- Concluding Reflections -- Risk and Crime -- Introduction -- The New Penology -- Risk and Prevention -- Risk and the Rational Actor -- Broader Approaches to Crime Risks -- Conclusion -- References -- Risk, Government and Social Policy -- Introduction -- Moral Panics and Risk -- Risk Transfer -- Risky Corrections -- Risky Child Protection -- Risky Employment Services -- Privatising Citizens' Risk -- References -- Medicine and Risk -- Introduction -- The Political Re-emergence of Liberalism -- The Rise of the Risk Society -- Governmentality and 'Neo-Liberal Mentalities of Rule' -- Reforming Medical Governance -- Liberal Mentalities of Rule and 'Positive' and 'Negative' Liberty -- References -- Part 3: Rethinking Risk: The Case of Trust -- From Risk to Trust? Reconfiguring Conceptual and Trust Relations in Health and Welfare -- Introduction -- Navigating the Conceptual Complexity of Trust -- Linking Professional Authority with Trust and Governmentality.

Welfare, Professional Authority and Governmentality -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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