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JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS

Risk and the Social Construction of ‘Gulf War Syndrome’
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
It may be that the search for a scientific or medical solution to Gulf War Syndrome was misguided. If there is such an entity, it appears to have much in common with other ‘illnesses of modernity’, whose roots are more socially and culturally driven than what doctors would conventionally consider to be diseases.
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Public Panic and Morale: World War Two Civilian Responses Re-Examined in the Light of the Current Anti-Terrorist Campaign
(with Edgar Jones, Robin Woolven and Simon Wessely)
Journal of Risk Research
, Vol.9, No. 1, January 2006
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Terrorism and Community Resilience – A UK Perspective
Chatham House Briefing Paper
ISP/NSC Briefing Paper 05/01, July 2005, pp.4-5
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The Limitations of Risk Management in Dealing with Disaster and Building Social Resilience
Politik
Vol.8, No.1, March 2005, pp.14-21
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Civilian Morale during World War Two: Responses to Air-Raids Re-Examined
Social History of Medicine, with Edgar Jones, Robin Woolven and Simon Wessely
Vol.17, No.3, December 2004, pp.463-479
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Animal-Rights Terrorism and the Demise of Political Debate
World Defence Systems
Vol.7, No.2, Autumn 2004, pp.202-203
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Cultural Influences on Resilience and Security
Homeland Security & Resilience Monitor
Vol.3, No.7, September 2004, pp.4-6
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Facing the Possibility of Bio-Terrorism
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Vol.15, No.3, June 2004, pp.264-268
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Sociological Aspects of Risk and Resilience in Response to Acts of Terrorism
World Defence Systems
Vol.7, No.1, Spring 2004, pp.214-216
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Limitations of Public Dialogue in Science and the Rise of New ‘Experts’
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Vol.6, No.4, Winter 2003, pp.82-92
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Is Real Resilience Attainable?
Homeland Security & Resilience Monitor
Vol.2, No.6, September 2003, pp.15-19
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The True Cost of Precautionary Chemicals Regulation
Risk Analysis
Vol.23, No.2, April 2003, pp.389-398
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Resilience or Panic? The Public’s Response to a Terrorist Attack
The Lancet, with Simon Wessely
Vol.360, No.9349, 6 December 2002, pp.1901-1902
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Perception and Threat: Why Vulnerability-Led Responses will Fail
Homeland Security & Resilience Monitor
Vol.1, No.4, November 2002, pp.16-18
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Calculating the Cost of Caution
Chemistry & Industry
Vol.1, No.5, 6 March 2000, p.170
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Cultural Precursors and Psychological Consequences of Contemporary Western Responses to Acts of Terror
in ‘The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts’, Fitzduff, M. and Stout C.E. eds.
Praeger Press, Westport, 2006, pp.307-326
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Cultural Precursors and Psychological Consequences of Contemporary Western Responses to Acts of Terror
in ‘Psychological Responses to the New Terrorism: A NATO-Russia Dialogue’, Wessely, S. and Krasnov V.N. eds.
IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2006, pp.37-53
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What Can the Science and Technology Community Contribute?
in ‘Science and Technology Policies for the Anti-Terrorism Era’, James, A. ed.
IOS Press, Amsterdam, Forthcoming
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Limitations of Public Dialogue in Science and the Rise of New ‘Experts’
In ‘The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual’, Cummings, D. ed.
Routledge, Oxford, 2005, pp.82-92
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The Precautionary Principle: Is it Killing Innovation?
in ‘An Apology for Capitalism?’, Kumaria, S. ed.
Profile Books, 2004, pp.68-77
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Why has Europe become so Risk-Averse?
in ‘Breaking Down the Barriers’, Disney, H. ed.
Civitas, 2003, pp.39-46
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OFF-PRINT PUBLICATIONS

The Concept of Risk
Nuffield Trust Paper, Health, Security and Foreign Policy Programme
November 2005
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Suicide Bombers v Sexual Abusers: A Battle of Depravity or Western Fixations?
Conference Paper, University of Wolverhampton 28 June 2005
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Social Resilience
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Terrorism and Community Relations, UK
September 2004
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The Social Basis for Fears about Science
Conference Paper, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
19 April 2004
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Communicating the War on Terror
Conference Report, King’s College London
January 2004
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The Demoralisation of Science
Conference Paper, Demoralization: Morality, Authority and Power, Cardiff University, UK
5 April 2002
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Poisonous Propaganda: Global Echoes of an Anti-Vinyl Agenda
Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington
19 July 2000
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Poisonous Dummies: European Risk Regulation after BSE
Research Paper, European Science and Environment Forum, Cambridge, UK
June 1999
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REVIEWS

Contending cultures of counterterrorism
International Affairs, Vol.82 No.1 , January 2006, pp.195-196
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Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
Journal of Strategic Studies
Vol.28, No.5, October 2005, p.897-900
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Inclusion versus Experimentation: A reply to Roland Jackson et al.
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
September 2005
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Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution
Risk Analysis
Vol.24, No.4, August 2004, pp.1066-1068
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The Globalization of Terrorism
The Global Review of Ethnopolitics
Vol.3, No.2, January 2004, pp.108-109
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The Timid Corporation: Why Business is Terrified of Taking Risk
Risk Analysis
Vol.24, No.1, February 2004, pp.301-304
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Invited Comment
Journal of Risk Research
Vol.6, Issues 4-6, July 2003, pp.597-601
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Letter to the Editor Regarding Chemical White Paper Special Issue
Risk Analysis
Vol.23, No.3, June 2003, pp.427-428
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The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century: Late Lessons from Early Warnings
Risk Analysis
Vol.22, No.6, December 2002, pp.1208-1209
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