Society, Resistance and Civil Nuclear Policy in India
Society, Resistance and Civil Nuclear Policy in India This book explores how anti-nuclear social movements impact the state's civil nuclear policy and its implementation by presenting a…
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Society, Resistance and Civil Nuclear Policy in India
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
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