Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-v

List of tables

pp vi-vi

List of abbreviations

pp vii-viii

About the author

pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements

pp x-x

Foreword

pp xi-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xx

1 - Introduction: risk as a key feature of late modern societies

pp 1-8

PART I - Responding to the challenges of the pandemic

pp 9-10

2 - Managing uncertainty: framing COVID-19

pp 11-27

3 - The risks of COVID-19: probability, categorisation and outcomes

pp 28-46

4 - Communicating risk: public health messaging

pp 47-64

PART II - Mitigating risk through science and technology

pp 65-66

5 - ‘Following the science’: expertise and risk

pp 67-85

6 - Risk work to maintain services during the pandemic

pp 86-100

PART III - Risk narratives

pp 101-102

7 - Pandemic narratives: telling stories about COVID-19 and its risks

pp 103-116

8 - Contesting risk: conspiracy theories

pp 117-134

9 - Hindsight: inquiries and the blame game

pp 135-150

10 - Conclusion: risk and the pandemic

pp 151-161

References

pp 162-197

Index

pp 198-205