Abstract
Chapter 1 has set out the problem space and the book’s aim, which ultimately is to examine how power and expertise in risk communication about public health and safety relate to policymaking. The book takes the view that risk communication is a field of ‘play and competition’ between the interests of competing stakeholders. Within this, the book recognises that the process of risk communication is about both winning an argument and competition for resources. This chapter begins by reviewing the literature on public health policymaking and unpicks the nature of problems faced in public health risk. It then considers the technique of risk assessment and examines the role of expertise in policy inquiry relating to risk.
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