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Risk, uncertainty and policy: towards a social-dialectical understanding

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  • Patrick R. Brown
  • Anna Olofsson

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This editorial introduces a special issue devoted to studies of risk and uncertainty in their relation to policy and policy-making. The special issue comprises a rather diverse collection of six original research articles, each taking up a distinct perspective in scrutinising interfaces between policy, risk and uncertainty. The purpose of this editorial is to present some broader themes in the literature before moving on to sketch out a basic model for dialectically connecting risk and uncertainty to policy, as a basis for relating the respective insights which emerge within the six empirical articles. The editorial concludes with an overview of these six studies which appear in the special issue.

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  • Patrick R. Brown & Anna Olofsson, 2014. "Risk, uncertainty and policy: towards a social-dialectical understanding," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4), pages 425-434, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:17:y:2014:i:4:p:425-434
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.889204
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    1. Elisabeth Maidl & David N. Bresch & Matthias Buchecker, 2021. "Social integration matters: factors influencing natural hazard risk preparedness—a survey of Swiss households," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 105(2), pages 1861-1890, January.
    2. Jamie K. Wardman & Gabe Mythen, 2016. "Risk communication: against the Gods or against all odds? Problems and prospects of accounting for Black Swans," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(10), pages 1220-1230, November.

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