Stephanie A Malin

The Price of Nuclear Power

Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. Environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780813569789
• ISBN-10: 0813569788
• Artikelnr.: 41753814

Autorenporträt

STEPHANIE A. MALIN is an assistant professor of sociology at Colorado State University and a faculty affiliate with CSU’s Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis and the Water Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1   Introduction: The Paradox of Uranium Production in a Neoliberal Era
2   Booms, Busts, and Bombs: Uranium’s Economic and Environmental Justice
History in the US
3   Lethal Legacies in Uranium Communities: Left in the Dust in Monticello,
Utah
4   The Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill: A Transnational Corporation Comes Home
5   ‘Just Hangin’ on by a Thread’: Isolation, Poverty, and Social
Dislocation
6   ‘Better Regs’ in an Era of Deregulation: Neoliberalized Narratives of
Regulatory Compliance
7   Conclusions and Solutions: Social Sustainability and Localized Energy
Justice
Appendix: Research Methods and Data Collection
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index