Nuclear Legacies

Communication, Controversy, and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex

Bryan C. Taylor, William J. Kinsella, Stephen P. Depoe, Maribeth S. Metzler

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9780739158326
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Media Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Although the Cold War is commonly considered 'over,' the legacies of that conflict continue to unfold throughout the globe. One site of post-Cold War controversy involves the consequences of U.S. nuclear weapons production for worker safety, public health, and the environment. Over the past two decades, citizens, organizations, and governments have passionately debated the nature of these consequences, and how they should be managed. This volume clarifies the role of communication in creating, maintaining, and transforming the relationships between these parties, and in shaping the outcomes of related organizational and political deliberations. Providing various perspectives on nuclear culture and discourse, this anthology serves as a model of interdisciplinary communication scholarship that cuts across the subfields of political, environmental, and organizational communication studies, and rhetoric.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction: Linking Nuclear Legacies and Communication Studies
• Part One The Discourse of Officials and Stakeholders of Nuclear Weapons Production
• Part Two Organizing the Past, Present, and Future of Nuclear Weapons Production
• Part Three Critical Response
• Index
• About the Contributors