
- 290 pages
- English
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About this book
The Politics of Nuclear Waste covers several issues concerning nuclear waste, such as management, disposal, and its impact on politics. Consisting of eight chapters, the book covers several aspects of the politics of nuclear waste. The opening chapter discusses nuclear waste management in the United States, while the next chapter reviews a cross national perspective on the politics of nuclear waste. Chapter 3 talks about congressional and executive branch factions in nuclear waste management policy, while Chapter 4 discusses federal-state conflict in nuclear waste management. Chapter 5 tackles consultation and concurrence, and Chapter 6 deals with public participation. Chapter seven aims to answer "When does consultation become co-optation? and "When does information become propaganda? The last chapter discusses prospects for consensus. This book will be of great interest to those concerned with the implication of nuclear waste management for the political climate.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- The Politics of Nuclear Waste
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Nuclear Waste Management in the United States
- Chapter 2. A Cross-National Perspective on the Politics of Nuclear Waste
- Chapter 3. What Happened to the IRG? Congressional and Executive Branch Factions in Nuclear Waste Management Policy
- Chapter 4. Federal-State Conflict in Nuclear Waste Management: The Legal Bases
- Chapter 5. Consultation and Concurrence: Process or Substance
- Chapter 6. Public Participation
- Chapter 7. When Does Consultation Become Co-optation? When Does Information Become Propaganda? An Environmental Perspective
- Chapter 8. Epilogue: Prospects for Consensus
- Appendix A: Presidential Message and Fact Sheet of February 12, 1980
- Appendix B: Policy Statement of the American Nuclear Society on High-Level Waste
- Appendix C: Executive Summary of the Interim Report of the State Planning Council
- Appendix D: Participants of the Aspen Institute Conference November 15-17, 1979
- Index
- About The Editor and Contributors