Mobilizing Against Nuclear Energy - A Comparison of Germany and the United States

In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. Anti-nuclear protest has been especially widespread and vocal in Western Europe and the United States. In this lucid, richly documented book, Christian Joppke compares the rise and fall of these protest movements in Germany and the United States, illuminating the relationship between national political structures and collective action. He analyzes existing approaches to the study of social movements and suggests an insightful new paradigm for research in this area. Joppke proposes a political process perspective that focuses on the interrelationship between the state and social movements, a model that takes into account a variety of forces, including differential state structures, political cultures, movement organizations, and temporal and contextual factors.
This is an invaluable work for anyone studying the dynamics of social movements around the world.

About the author

Christian Joppke is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California.

Summary

In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. This book compares the rise and fall of these protest movements in Germany and the United States, illuminating the relationship between national political structures and collective action.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Joppke, Joppke Christian
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.1993
• EAN: 9780520078130
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07813-0
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, Science / Environmental Science, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Nuclear issues, Demonstrations & protest movements