Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere: Politics, Social Movements, and the Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste

ISBN-13: 9781933115917 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str.

Daniel J. Sherman

Opis

In 1979, provoked by the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, governors of states hosting disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste refused to accept additional shipments. This title provides coverage of this opposition, testing hypotheses regarding movement mobilization and opposition strategy by analyzing the qualities of activism.

O autorze

Daniel J. Sherman (Ph.D., Cornell University) is the Luce-funded Professor of Environmental Policy and Decision Making at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He also directs the university's Sound Policy Institute, which strives to facilitate innovative policy solutions to environmental problems in the South Puget Sound Region.