The Fukushima Effect (eBook, PDF)

A New Geopolitical Terrain
Redaktion: Hindmarsh, Richard; Priestley, Rebecca

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a range of scholarly perspectives on the international effect of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown four years out from the disaster. Grounded in the field of science, technology and society (STS) studies, a leading cast of international scholars from the Asia-Pacific, Eastern and Western Europe, and United States examine the extent and scope of the Fukushima effect and pay particular attention to national histories, debates and policy responses on nuclear power development. Topics covered include: safety of nuclear energy, radiation risk, nuclear waste management, development of nuclear energy vis-à-vis other energy options, anti-nuclear protest movements, nuclear power representations, and media representations of the effect.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317568889
• Artikelnr.: 44473077

Autorenporträt

Richard Hindmarsh is Associate Professor in Griffith University's School of Environment, and Centre for Governance and Public Policy where his research lies in environmental politics and policy, and science, technology and society. He holds a PhD in STS from Griffith University (Australia) and his previous book on this topic is Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: Social, Political and Environmental Issues (Routledge 2013). Rebecca Priestley is Senior Lecturer in the Science and Society group at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) where her research covers science communication and history of science. She holds a PhD in HPS from the University of Canterbury and her most recent book was Mad on Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age (Auckland University Press 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Christopher Rootes 1. The Fukushima Effect: Traversing a New
Geopolitical Terrain Richard Hindmarsh and Rebecca Priestley 2. The
Fukushima Effect in Japan: Reflections on Political Leadership and Local
Governance Akira Nakamura and Wataru Nishimura 3. Taiwan's Civil Society in
Action: Anti-nuclear Movement Pre- and Post-Fukushima Dung-sheng Chen 4.
The Korean Case of Nuclear Energy Policy Pre- and Post-Fukushima Hyomin Kim
5. China's Civil Nuclear Power Development: Shifts from Government to Risk
Governance? Xiang Fang 6. The Fukushima Effect on India's Science,
Technology (Nuclear Energy) and Environmental Governance Anupam Jha 7.
Nuclear Exceptionalism in the Former Soviet Union after Chernobyl and
Fukushima Andrei Stsiapanau 8. Socio-technical Imaginations of Nuclear
Waste Disposal in the UK and Finland Susan Molyneux-Hodgson and Marika
Hietala 9. Germany's Energiewende After Fukushima: Nuclear Politics at the
Forefront of Change Detlef Jahn and Sebastian Stephan 10. Swiss Risk
Governance of Nuclear Energy after Fukushima, and Citizen Perspectives
Fabienne Crettaz von Roten 11. France, the Nuclear Revival and the Post
Fukushima Landscape Joseph Szarka 12. A Question of Confidence: Nuclear
Waste and Public Trust in the United States after Fukushima William J.
Kinsella 13. The Fukushima Effect in New Zealand: Responses to Nuclear
Disasters in a "Nuclear-free" Country Rebecca Priestley 14. The Effect of
the Fukushima Effect: From Strong to Weak Richard Hindmarsh and Rebecca
Priestley