Demanding Democracy after Three Mile Island / Edition 1

by Raymond L. Goldsteen, John K. Schorr

Overview

Goldsteen and Schorr document the development of mistrust of the government from the nuclear power industry and the citizens near Three Mile Island regarding the 1979 disaster at the plant. (Environmental Studies)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813010984
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	07/20/1991
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)
Lexile:	1160L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xviii
1	Community Rights or Private Property?	1
2	An Ordinary Community: The Old Paradigm	5
3	Loss of Trust: The Community Transformed	16
4	They Just Can't Do This to Us: The Words of Middle Americans	35
5	Mistrust Confirmed	117
6	Attempting to Restore a Sense of Community Safety	154
7	Trust and the Social Contract	175
8	Nimby, the New Paradigm, and Community Justice	191
Appendix	Study Methods	225
	Notes	229
	Bibliography	237
	Index	241