Citation

Denney D. Soc. Policy Admn. 2008; 42(6): 560-575.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00624.x

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Abstract

New Labour's domestic and foreign policy have been driven by a complex and contradictory precautionary logic. Fear management appears to have replaced coherent principles in the development of some areas of policy. The preoccupation with fear and anxiety has provided a rationale for the suspension of liberty and the adoption of measures that Western democracies have only usually seen in times of war. Fear‐based policy has also created a more exclusivist, segmented society.