Nuclear Power Policies in Britain - The Quandaries of Neoliberalism

This book analyses Britain's most recent nuclear project launched in the mid-2000s against a backdrop of rising international concerns about energy security and climate change mitigation. This case study offers insight into the public policy dynamics at work in British nuclear policies and confronts them to the prevailing neoliberal doctrine.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Graphs, Tables and Figures; Introduction; Part I¿Agenda-Setting, Chapter One The British Nuclear State: An Anatomy; Chapter Two The Discursive (De) politicisation of Nuclear Power; Part II¿Policy-Design, Chapter Three The UK Nuclear Renaissance: Towards a New Paradigm for Experts/Citizens/Politics Relations; Part III Policy Implementation, Chapter Four Transcending the Private-Public Nexus in Reviving the British Nuclear Industry; Chapter Five Nuclear as a Transboundary Object: The Weight of Subnational and Supranational Dynamics; Chapter Six The State and Energy Markets: Neoliberal Interventionism in Market Regulation; Selected Bibliography; Index

About the author

Lucie de Carvalho is a senior lecturer in British Politics and History at the University of Lille, France. Her research focuses on State governance and Britain's energy and environmental policies since 1979.

Summary

This book analyses Britain’s most recent nuclear project launched in the mid-2000s against a backdrop of rising international concerns about energy security and climate change mitigation. This case study offers insight into the public policy dynamics at work in British nuclear policies and confronts them to the prevailing neoliberal doctrine.

Product details

• Authors: Lucie de Carvalho
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781785277283
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-728-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Anthem Studies in British Hist; Anthem Studies in British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Central / national / federal government policies, Energy resources