Risk, Trust and Welfare

by Peter Taylor-Gooby

This book contains new theoretical discussion and new empirical evidence on the way people think about and cope with the risks and uncertainties of modern life. The national surveys cover areas ranging from lone parenthood to medicine, from house purchase to long-term care, from personal finance to the welfare state. People's confidence in their capacity to cope with uncertainty is closely related to social class, gender and access to support networks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333764935
• ISBN13: 9780333764930
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"