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Author Welsh, Ian, 1954- author.

Title Mobilising Modernity : the Nuclear Moment / Ian Welsh
Published London : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages)
Series International library of sociology
International library of sociology
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Introduction; The nuclear moment; Resisting the juggernaut: opposition in the 1950s; Accidents will happen; Modernity's mobilisation stalls; The moment of direct action; Networking: direct action and collective refusal; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index
Summary This controversial new book traces the journey from public confidence in nuclear technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-255) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Nuclear industry.
Antinuclear movement.
Nuclear energy -- Social aspects
Nuclear accidents -- Social aspects
Antinuclear movement
Nuclear energy -- Social aspects
Nuclear industry
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203167908
0203167902