Risk, Trust and Welfare

PETER TAYLOR-GOOBY is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent and directed the ESRC's research programme of Economic Beliefs and Behaviour. His recent publications include: European Welfare Futures (1999), Choice and Public Policy (1998), European Welfare Policy: Squaring the Welfare Circle (1996), Markets and Managers (1993), Dependency Culture (1992), and Social Change, Social Welfare and Social Science (1991).

• List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors Risk and Welfare; P.Taylor-Gooby PART I: MOTIVES, POLICY AND BEHAVIOUR From Knight to Knave: Public Policy and Endogenous Motivation; J.LeGrand Motivation and Human Behaviour; B.S.Frey Managing Risk by Controlling Behaviour: Social Security Administration and the Erosion of Welfare Citizenship; H.Dean PART II: RESPONSES TO RISK The Rationality Mistake: New Labour's Communitarianism and 'Supporting Families'; A.Barlow & S.Duncan with R.Edwards Coping with Risk in a Flexible Labour Market; J.Ford Public Understanding of Financial Risk: The Challenge to Regulation; P.Lunt & J.Blundell Insights into the Uncertain World of the Consumer: Reflections on the Risks of Non-Prescription Medicines; P.R.Ward, P.Bissell & P.R.Noyce Choices in Owner-Occupation; M.Munro Risk and the Need for Long-Term Care; G.Parker References Index