Mobilizing Against Nuclear Energy : A Comparison of Germany and the United States / Christian Joppke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joppke, Christian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antinuclear movement--United States.

Antinuclear movement.

Antinuclear movement--Germany.

Social movements--Political aspects.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 307 p. )

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. Anti-nuclear protest has been especially widespread and vocal in Western Europe and the United States. In this lucid, richly documented book, Christian Joppke compares the rise and fall of these protest movements in Germany and the United States, illuminating the relationship between national political structures and collective action. He analyzes existing approaches to the study of social movements and suggests an insightful new paradigm for research in this area. Joppke proposes a political process perspective that focuses on the interrelationship between the state and social movements, a model that takes into account a variety of forces, including differential state structures, political cultures, movement organizations, and temporal and contextual factors. This is an invaluable work for anyone studying the dynamics of social movements around the world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Political Process and Social Movements

CHAPTER TWO. Expert Dissent and Legal Intervention in the United States

CHAPTER THREE. Elite Consensus and Citizen Initiatives in West Germany

CHAPTER FOUR. Public-Interest Advocacy and Direct Action in the United States

CHAPTER FIVE. Challenging the State in West Germany

CHAPTER SIX. Three Mile Island and the Decline of Nuclear Power in the United States

CHAPTER SEVEN. Institutionalization and New Militancy in West Germany

CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: Rethinking the Political Process Perspective

APPENDIX A. Methodology

APPENDIX B. Tables

APPENDIX C. Informants and Primary Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520912526

0520912527

9780585043753

0585043752

OCLC:

1163878602