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Mobilising Modernity
The Nuclear Moment
von Ian Welsh
Verlag: Routledge
Taschenbuch
ISBN: 978-0-415-75550-4
Erschienen am 07.04.2015
Sprache: Englisch
Format: 234 mm [H] x 156 mm [B] x 15 mm [T]
Gewicht: 421 Gramm
Umfang: 274 Seiten

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Biografische Anmerkung
Klappentext

1. Introduction 2. The nuclear moment 3. Resisting the juggernaut 4. Accidents will happen 5. Modernity's mobilisation stalls 6. The moment of direct action 7. Networking: direct action and collective refusal



Ian Welsh lectures sociology in Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences. He has a long standing interest in environmental sociology spanning nuclear, climate change and road-building issues.



During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route.
Paying close attention to social, political and policy aspects throughout, this book considers:
* the nuclear moment from global collaborative project at Los Alamos to fragmented, bitterly competing projects
* the 'atomic science movement's' use of symbolic resources to win national ascendancy
* the implications of secrecy and the establishment of quasi-commercial organisations within the nuclear industry.
This fascinating study also argues for the ongoing importance of the non-violent direct action groups that flourished during the 1970s, showing their continuing influence on today's new social movements. Welsh concludes by considering the implications of this historically based account for contemporary issues of risk and trust on current policy-making.


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