Preliminary Reading List

MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management &MSc in Emergency Planning ManagementBy Distance Learning

Please find below a list of books that you may find helpful to read prior to starting the course. Each one offers a different insight and will provide helpful supplementary (although not essential) reading.

As you may know we supply all the recommended books for your course in the study packs. The books listed below are not included in any of the study packs that will be sent to you. The first book listed may prove particularly useful.

If a book is tagged ‘out of print’ (OOP) it can still be obtained through the library. If it is not on the library shelves, it will be ordered via Inter-Library Loan (ILL). Please contact the Library Help Desk for further information.

Note that some books are very recent, others not. Longevity is sometimes an indication of excellence. Professor John Adams’s book Risk, for example, still resonates with theoreticians, students and practitioners.

Recommended Reading:

Adams, J. (1997) Risk, London: UCL Press.ISBN: 1857280687Price: £28 print-on-demand book (i.e. printed for you): takes 3-4 weeks

Antonsen, S. (2009) Safety Culture: Theory, Method and Improvement. Aldershot: Ashgate.ISBN: 9780754693949Price: e-book only. Order from publisher

Bartol, K.M. and Martin, D.C. (1998) Management. Boston: McGraw-Hill.ISBN: 0070057222Price: OOP

Beeson, M. and Bisley, N. (2010) Issues in 21st Century World Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan.ISBN: 9780230594524Price: £27

Bennett, P. (2010) Risk Communication and Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN: 9780199562848Price: £37.99

Conklin, T. (2012) Pre-Accident Investigations. Aldershot: Ashgate.ISBN: 978-1-4094-4782-5Price: £20

Cook, M., Noyes, J. and Masakowski, Y. (2007) Decision-Making in Complex Environments. Aldershot: Ashgate.ISBN: 9780754649502Price: £65

Duffey, R. and Saull, J. (2002) Know the risk – learning from errors and accidents: safety and risk in today’s technology. Butterworth-Heinemann.ISBN: 0750675969Price: OOP

Fulcher, J. (2004) Capitalism – a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (This book is illustrative of an excellent series of short monographs written by celebrated academics on over 300 topics, including risk, technology, nuclear power, the Industrial Revolution, environmentalism, globalisation and other topics of interest to CSSU students. See: www.oup.co.uk/vsi).ISBN: 9780192802187Price: £7.99

Glendon, A.I., Clarke, S.G. and McKenna, E.F. (2006) Human Safety and Risk Management. Boca Raton: CRC Press.ISBN: 9780849330902Price: £73.99

Gottschalk, J. (2002) Crisis Management. Oxford: Capstone.ISBN: 1841122157Price: £8.99

Griffin, G. (2002) Reputation Management. Oxford: Capstone.ISBN: 1841122319Price: £10

Health and Safety Executive (1999) Reducing Error and Influencing Behaviour. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.ISBN: 0717624528Price: £11.50

Huczynski, A. and Buchanan, D. (2007) Organizational Behaviour: An Introductory Text. Harlow: Prentice Hall.ISBN: 9780273728221Price: £50

Irwin, A. (1995) Citizen Science, London: Routledge.ISBN: 0415130107Price: £32.99

Jeynes, J. (2001) Risk Management: 10 principles. Butterworth-Heinemann.ISBN: 0750650362Price: OOP

Kletz, T. (2001) Learning from Accidents. Oxford: Gulf Professional Publishing.ISBN: 075064883XPrice: £62.99

Larkin, J. (2003) Strategic Reputation Risk Management. Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan.ISBN: 0333995546Price: £50 (hardback only)

Levinson J. and Granot, H. (2002) Transportation Disaster Response Handbook. London: Academic Press.ISBN: 0124454860Price: £53.95

Lupton, D. (1999) Risk (Key ideas). London: Routledge.ISBN: 0415183340Price: £12.99

Maurino, D.E., Reason, J., Johnston, N. and Lee, R.E. (2002) Beyond Aviation Human Factors: Safety in High Technology systems. Aldershot: Ashgate.ISBN: 1840149485Price: £30.00

McIntyre, G.R. (2000) Patterns in Safety Thinking. Aldershot: Ashgate.ISBN: 9780754613220Price: £60

Morris, J. (2000) Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle. Butterworth-Heinemann.ISBN: 0750646837Price: £37.99 print-on-demand book (i.e. printed for you): takes 3-4 weeks

O'Kane, R. (2007) Terrorism. Harlow: Pearson.ISBN: 0582506107Price: £15.99 (new 2012 edition)

Owen, C., Beguin, P. and Wackers, G. (2009) Risky Work Environments. Aldershot: Ashgate.ISBN: 9780754676096Price: £65

Peters, G.A. and Peters, B.J. (2002) Automotive Vehicle Safety. London: Taylor and Francis.ISBN: 0415263336Price: £96 (hardback only)

Pugh, D.S. and Hickson, D.J. (2007) Writers on Organisations. London: Penguin.ISBN: 0141029927Price: £10.99

Quarantelli, E.L. (1998) (ed) What is a disaster? Perspectives on the question. London: Routledge.ISBN: 0415178991Price: £39

Reason, J. (1997) Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.ISBN: 1840141050Price: £27.50

Rothstein, H. (2002) Neglected Risk Regulation: the institutional attenuation phenomenon. London: London School of Economics (LSE) Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR).ISBN: 0753016079Price: Available from LSE (CARR)

Sagan, S.D. (1993) The Limits of Safety: Organisations, Accidents and Nuclear weapons. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.ISBN: 0691021015Price: £26.95 print-on-demand book (i.e. printed for you): takes 3-4 weeks

Scanlon, E., Whitelegg, E. and Yates, S. (1999) (eds) Communicating Science. London: Routledge/Open University.ISBN: 0415197538Price: £24.99

Skinns, L., Scott, M. and Cox, T. (2011) (eds) Risk. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN: 9780521171977Price: £13.99

Stallings, R.A. (2002) (eds) Methods of disaster research. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris.ISBN: 1401079709Price: £15.00 (unavailable to UK booktrade)

Vaughan, D. (1996) The Challenger Launch Decision. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.ISBN: 0226851753

Price: OOP

Warr, P. (2002) (ed) Psychology at Work. London: Penguin.ISBN: 0141000104Price: £16.99