Technocrats and nuclear politics

Book · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6897648

Massey, A

This book arrives in an age of growing unease and dissatisfaction with the reassurances, by the nuclear power industry, of the safety of its power stations. The book's central purpose is to examine the motivations and varied perceptions which have laid the foundation for Britain's contemporary civil nuclear industry. The author pays particular attention to the role and influence of technical experts in the shaping of decisions within their own industry and the implementation of those decisions at the government level. The author shows how, in the British model, ministers and civil servants tend to serve as policy arbiters who set the parameters within which the dynamics of special interest groups provide policy options. This book combines several current themes; the politics of nuclear energy; the role of professional experts; and the impact of and drive for privitization. It examines the process of modern British policy-making and nuclear power politics, and holds implications that reach far beyond Britain.

• OSTI ID: 6897648
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
290600* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
293000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
DECISION MAKING
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
FUELS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
PLANNING
POLITICAL ASPECTS
REACTOR MATERIALS
REVIEWS
UNITED KINGDOM
WESTERN EUROPE