Since the first edition of The Psychology of Risk there have been enormous macro‎-economic and socio‎-political changes globally ‎- the chaos in the world banking system and the financial crisis and recessions that it presaged‎;‎ the Arab Spring and the revolutionary shifts in power in the Middle East with rippled consequences around the world‎;‎ the development of ever‎-more sophisticated cyber‎-terrorism that can strike the private individual or the nation state with equal ease‎.‎ Amidst these changes in the face of hazard‎,‎ do the psychological models built to explain human reactions to risk still apply‎?‎ Has the research over the last few years resulted in an improvement in our understanding of how people perceive and act in relation to risk‎?‎ In this second edition Professor Dame Breakwell uses illustrations and current examples to address these questions and provide a totally up‎-to‎-the minute review of what is known about the psychology of risk‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Glynis M‎.‎ Breakwell
• Publisher‎:‎ Cambridge University Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781107602700