The National Politics of Nuclear Power by Benjamin K. Sovacoo... - 9780415748100

The National Politics of Nuclear PowerEconomics, Security, and Governance\nAuthor(s): Benjamin K. Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415748100, 978-0415748100\nSynopsis\nThis book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis.\n\nThe book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for embarking on nuclear power programs: (1) national security and secrecy, (2) technocratic ideology, (3) economic interventionism, (4) a centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network, (5) subordination of opposition to political authority, and (6) social peripheralization. The book validates this theory by confirming the presence of these six drivers during the initial nuclear power developmental periods in eight countri.