Taking on technocracy : nuclear power in Germany, 1945 to the present /

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The German abandonment of nuclear power represents one of the most successful popular revolts against technocratic thinking in modern times'the triumph of a dynamic social movement, encompassing a broad swath of West Germans as well as East German dissident circles, over political, economic, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Augustine, Dolores L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Series:Protest, culture and society ; v. 24.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Antinuclear movement > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nuclear power plants > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nuclear energy > Germany > History > 20th century.
Protest movements > Germany > History > 20th century.
Mouvement antinucléaire > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Énergie nucléaire > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Contestation > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Antinuclear movement
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Protest movements
Germany
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Nuclear dreams and radioactive nightmares: popular culture and the quest for nuclear consensus in East and West Germany, 1945-1970
  • On the brink of disaster?: safety regimes and nuclear accidents in the two Germanys
  • Dissenting voices: the emergence of counter-experts in West Germany
  • From local roots to national prominence: the struggle over Wyhl
  • Environmentalism as civil war: Brokdorf-and the consequences
  • The shock of Chernobyl and the environmentalist breakthrough in West Germany
  • Not immune to error: Chernobyl's impact in the GDR
  • Abandoning nuclear power-or not?
  • Conclusion.

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