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<p>The past 30 years have seen risk become a major field of study, most recently with the COVID-19 pandemic positioning it at the centre of public awareness, yet there is limited understanding of how risk can and should be used in policy making.<br></p><p>This book provides an accessible guide to the key elements of risk in policy making, including its role in rhetoric to legitimise decisions and choices.<br></p><p>Using risk as a framework, it examines how policy makers in a range of countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and explains why some were more successful than others.<br></p>