Critical Risk Research : Practices, Politics and Ethics (Hardcover)

Contributors, vii

Preface, xi

1 Introduction: Risk Research after Fukushima, 1
Matthew B. Kearnes, Francisco R. Klauser & Stuart N. Lane

Part 1 Practices in Risk Research, 21

2 Practices of Doing Interdisciplinary Risk-Research: Communication, Framing and Reframing, 23
Louise J. Bracken

3 Religion and Disaster in Anthropological Research, 43
Claudia Merli

4 'Risk' in Field Research, 59
Sarah R. Davies, Brian R. Cook & Katie J. Oven

Part 2 Politics in Risk Research, 77

5 Finding the Right Balance: Interacting Security and Business Concerns at Geneva International Airport, 79
Francisco R. Klauser & Jean Ruegg

6 Governing Risky Technologies, 99
Phil Macnaghten & Jason Chilvers

7 Technologies of Risk and Responsibility: Attesting to the Truth of Novel Things, 125
Matthew B. Kearnes

Part 3 Ethics in Risk Research, 149

8 Ethical Risk Management, but Without Risk Communication?, 151
Stuart N. Lane

9 In the Wake of the Tsunami: Researching Across Disciplines and Developmental Spaces in Southern Thailand, 173
Jonathan Rigg, Lisa Law, May Tan-Mullins, Carl Grundy-Warr & Benjamin Horton

10 Social Work in Times of Disaster: Practising Across Borders, 197
Lena Dominelli

11 Conclusion: Reflections on 'Critical' Risk Research, 219
Stuart N. Lane, Francisco R. Klauser & Matthew B. Kearnes

Index, 237