Society, Resistance and Civil Nuclear Policy in India: Nuclearising the State Contributor(s): Chandra, Varigonda Kesava (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367561468 ISBN-13: 9780367561468 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
Dewey: 333.792 |
LCCN: 2020028497 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (0.75 lbs) 214 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book explores how anti-nuclear social movements impact the state's civil nuclear policy and its implementation by presenting a historical-comparative case study of anti-nuclear movements in India. Drawing on social movement theory and empirical methods, the book demonstrates that the ability for anti-nuclear movements to impede the inception of nuclear plants - a key element of India's civil nuclear policy - is determined by the movement's collective action repertoires, the politicisation of nuclear power and the state's larger developmental paradigm, and the openness of state input structures. The case studies of anti-nuclear movements in Haripur, Kudankulam and Kovvada demonstrate how the implementation of civil nuclear policy is also determined by the state's technical and financial capacity and effective international collaboration. With a focus on theorisation of social movements and their impact, combined with empirical studies of anti-nuclear movements, as well as the historical trajectory of civil nuclear development, the book adds a new prism to the study of India's civil nuclear policy and anti-nuclear opposition. It will be of interest to researchers working on social movements, state-society relations, energy studies and civil nuclear energy in the context of South Asia and the Global South. |