| Description |
xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Social psychology and society |
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Social psychology and society.
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| Contents |
Impact assessment. Value-oriented social decision analysis -- 10. Conclusions |
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Public concern and opposition. Attitudes, risk perception and equity. Improving equity -- 6. Environmental stressors. Definition of stress. Characteristics of environmental stressors. Theoretical perspectives on stress. The effects of stressors. Nuclear energy and stress -- 7. Nuclear accidents: Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Consequences of the TMI accident. Stress and psychological effects. Other effects. Conclusions about TMI. The Chernobyl accident. Public reactions to the Chernobyl accident. Institutional reactions to Chernobyl. Conclusions: the consequences of Chernobyl -- 8. Communicating risks. Case 1: risk communication after the TMI accident. Case 2: risk communication after Chernobyl. Information and education. Emergency information. Policy decision-making and conflict resolution -- 9. Decision analysis and nuclear energy policy. Scenarios as decision-making tools. Risk assessment and policy decision-making. Multi-attribute utility theory. Cost-benefit analysis |
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1. Public opinion and nuclear energy. Public attitudes to nuclear energy. Public opinion and the Chernobyl accident. Public opinion and waste management. Familiarity and public opinion. Opposition to nuclear energy: two explanations. Health and safety. Risks and benefits of public opinion research -- 2. Risk assessment and risk perception. Risk assessment and risk analysis. Risk perception. Risk analysis: facts and values -- 3. Attitudes, beliefs and values. Attitudes. Attitudes towards nuclear energy. Dimensional salience. Salience and values. Perseverance of attitudes. Information processing: the effects of own attitude. Attitudes, consensus and personal perception -- 4. Community attitudes towards nuclear power stations. Local versus general attitudes. Local acceptance during construction. Local attitudes during siting. Salience and local attitudes. Salience and familiarity -- 5. Siting nuclear waste facilities. Technological and political context |
| Analysis |
Nuclear energy |
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Attitudes |
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Nuclear accidents |
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Nuclear energy |
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Overseas item |
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Risk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-187) and indexes |
| Subject |
Nuclear industry -- Public opinion.
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Public opinion.
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| LC no. |
92016499 |
| ISBN |
0631187324 |
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