Constructing Risky Identities in Policy and Practice

This collection explores how the dominant risk agenda is being embedded across welfare policy and practice contexts in order to redefine social problems and those who experience them. Identities of 'risky' or 'safe', 'responsible' or 'irresponsible' are being increasingly applied, not only to everyday life but also to professional practice.

'This book is a well-conceptualized series of perspectives on risk that pulls from a variety of direct service and policy perspectives. Given this variety of contexts, the book would be appropriate for use in a number of settings and would be of benefit to readers in academic, policy, and direct service fields. We left this reading with a much clearer understanding of the way in which characterization of risk influences a range of individuals and with a broader, more informed perspective on our own contributions to the scientific community.' - Social Service Review

Autorentext
Nicola Ballantyne, University of Sunderland, UK Rick Bowler, University of Sunderland, UK John Clayton, University of Sunderland, UK Dr Stephen J Macdonald, University of Sunderland, UK Jacqueline Merchant, University of Sunderland, UK Sheila Quaid, University of Sunderland, UK Peter Rushton, University of Sunderland, UK

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Identities, Individuals and Theories of Risk; Jeremy Kearney and Catherine Donovan PART I: CONSTRUCTING RISKY IDENTITIES 2. Risk, Identities and Recognition: A History of Dangerous Categories and Categories of Danger; Peter Rushton 3. Risky Populations and Risky Identities: The Regulation of Trust and Relationships Between Adults and Children; Jeremy Kearney 4. The Right to be Labelled: From Risk to Rights for Pupils with Dyslexia in 'Special Needs' Education; Stephen J. Macdonald 5. Lesbian Mothering and Risky Choices: 'Dangerous' New Forms of Love and Kinship; Sheila Quaid 6. Troubled Youth: Risk, Individualisation and Social Structure; Jacqueline Merchant PART II: CONSTRUCTING RISKY AND 'AT RISK' INDIVIDUALS 7. Redefining Domestic Violence and Abuse: Unintended Consequences of Risk Assessment; Catherine Donovan 8. Technologies of Power? Constructing Digital Exclusion, Risk and Responsibility; John Clayton 9. The Risky Business of Challenging Risk: Youth Work and Young People Through the Lens of 'Race'; Rick Bowler 10. Probation and Risk: The Paradox of 'Rehabilitating' Intimately Violent Men; Nicola Ballantyne 11. Conclusion: Reflections on Risk, Identity and the State; Catherine Donovan and Jeremy Kearney