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Risk is now a well-established and critical area of debate in modern society and one that impinges on people both at the political and cultural level, and also at the level of how they live their own day-to-day lives (Lupton, 1999; Mythen and Walklate, 2006; Zinn, 2008). Whether it is, on the one hand, hearing experts debate the dangers posed by environmental disasters, violent conflicts between nations or economic meltdown, or on the other, making decisions about managing their own lifestyle, health and personal relationships, individuals are faced with multiple anxieties and uncertainties about how they should and could live their lives in safety, health and economic independence. In fact Denney argues that ‘risk has come to dominate individual and collective consciousness in the 21st century’ (2005, p. 1).
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Kearney, J., Donovan, C. (2013). Introduction: Identities, Individuals and Theories of Risk. In: Kearney, J., Donovan, C. (eds) Constructing Risky Identities in Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276087_1
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