E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Jasper Nuclear Politics
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-6143-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France
E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6143-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Why did nuclear energy policies in France, Sweden, and the United States, very similar at the time of the oil crisis of 1973 and 1974, diverge so greatly in the following years? In answering this question, James Jasper challenges one of the most popular trends in political analysis: explanations relying exclusively on political and economic structures to account for public policies. Jasper proposes a new cultural and state-centered approach--one heeding not only structural factors but cultural meanings, individual biographies, and elite discretion. Surveying the period from the successful commercialization of light-water-reactor technology in the early 1960s to the present, he explains the events that occurred after 1973: France built even more reactors than it needed, the United States canceled most reactor orders, and Sweden completed planned nuclear plants but decided to phase out nuclear energy by 2010.
This work is based on one hundred interviews with managers, policymakers, and activists in the three countries. In addition to providing a unique theoretical perspective, it broadens our understanding of nuclear policy by looking at three countries in depth and over a long historical span.
Originally published in 1990.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Figures and Tables, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
Abbreviations, pg. xvii
PART ONE: Explaining Nuclear Policies, pg. 1
PART TWO: Creating Nuclear Systems: The Triumph of Technological Enthusiasm, 1960-1973, pg. 39
PART THREE: To Build or Conserve: Dilemmas Arising from Public Opposition and the Oil Crisis, 1973-1976, pg. 105
PART FOUR: The Structures Tighten: Policy Divergence and the Loss of Flexibility, 1976-1989, pg. 185
PART FIVE: Conclusions, pg. 265
List of Informants, pg. 278
Bibliography, pg. 283
Index, pg. 311
