Brian Balogh,
Brian (University of Virginia) Balogh
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1991
9780521372961
Chain Reaction
Expert Debate and Public Participation in American Commercial Nuclear Power 1945–1975
Specificaties
Gebonden, 352 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
1991
ISBN13: 9780521372961
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Path-breaking research into the Atomic Energy Commission's internal memorandum files supports this text's explanation of how and why America came to depend so heavily on its experts after World War II and why their authority and political clout declined in the 1970s.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521372961
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:352
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgments; 1. Professionalisation and politics in twentieth-century; America: from fission to fusion; 2. The promise of the proministrative state: nuclear experts and national politics, 1945–1947; 3. Forging an iron triangle: the politics of verisimilitude; 4. Triangulating demand: the AEC's first decade of commercialisation; 5. The centrifugal push of expertise: reactor safety, 1947–1960; 6. The magnetic pull of professional disciplines, issue networks and local government; 7. Nuclear experts on top, not on tap: mainstreaming expertise, 1957–1970; 8. Nuclear experts everywhere: the challenge to nuclear power, 1960–1975; 9. Conclusion: harnessing political chain reactions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.