This book investigates how citizens in the United States and Russia have used the democratic process to force their governments to address the horrendous environmental damage caused by the nuclear arms race. It is the first in-depth comparative study of environmental activism and democracy in the two countries. Critical Masses focuses on two crucial areas--the Hanford Reservation in Washington State and the Mayak Complex in Russia--that were at the heart of their nations' nuclear weapons programs, examining how the surrounding communities were affected. It explores nuclear weapons production, how both governments concealed environmental and health dangers from people living nearby, and how Russian and American citizens think about environmental issues. And it provides insights into the process of democratization in Russia and the limits of democracy in the United States, as well as the development of nuclear policy in the post-Cold War era.

Critical Masses: Citizens, Nuclear Weapons Production, and Environmental Destruction inthe United States and Russia (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)

Science & Math

Lovrich, Nicholas P.

Pierce, John C.

Garb, Paula

Whiteley, John M.

Earth Sciences

Mit Pr

This book investigates how citizens in the United States and Russia have used the democratic process to force their governments to address the horrendous environmental damage caused by the nuclear arms race. It is the first in-depth comparative study of environmental activism and democracy in the two countries. Critical Masses focuses on two crucial areas―the Hanford Reservation in Washington State and the Mayak Complex in Russia―that were at the heart of their nations' nuclear weapons programs, examining how the surrounding communities were affected. It explores nuclear weapons production, how both governments concealed environmental and health dangers from people living nearby, and how Russian and American citizens think about environmental issues. And it provides insights into the process of democratization in Russia and the limits of democracy in the United States, as well as the development of nuclear policy in the post-Cold War era.

Critical Masses: Citizens, Nuclear Weapons Production, and Environmental Destruction in the United States and Russia (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)

Lovrich, Nicholas

Dalton, Research Professor of Political Science Russell J

MIT Press]

Public Knowledge And Environmental Politics In Japan And The United States

Tsurutani, Taketsugu

Abe, Takematsu

Reference

Routledge

Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle (Congressional Leaders)

Biographies & Memoirs

Bird, R. Kenton

Leaders & Notable People

University Press of Kansas

The Electorate Reconsidered deals with important and concurrent changes in both the American electorate and the methods used to study it. The American voting public now shows a greater awareness of ideology and a new consistency of belief. It also shows a marked deterioration, however, of its faith in politicians and in its own political effectiveness. New concepts, new findings, and new methodologies come together to issue a broad challenge to the traditional picture of the American electorate. A provocative reconsideration of both theory and method for anyone interested in American politics, or in the study and surveying of electorates.

The Electorate Reconsidered (SAGE Focus Editions)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sullivan, John Lawrence

Politics & Government

Sage Publications, Inc.

A comparative analysis of beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge regarding environmental policy, revealing the difference across cultures of conceptualization of public involvement in the policy process, of how science and technology are treated in politics, and of norms for access and information in the policy process. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Public Knowledge And Environmental Politics In Japan And The United States (Westview Special Studies in Public Policy and Public Systems Management)

Westview Press

Book by Swanson, Thor; Mullen, William F.; Pierce, John C.; Sheldon, Charles H., Editors

Political life in Washington: Governing the Evergreen State

Swanson, Thor

Mullen, William F.

Sheldon, Charles C.

Washington State University Press

General; Government; Local government; Non-Fiction; Political Process; Political Science; Politics and government; Washington (State)

Government and Politics in the Evergreen State

Nice, David C.

Washington State Univ Pr

River Earth is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Love, anger, wonder, a sense of place--these all emerge in this collection of poignant, often funny pieces.

River Earth: A Personal Map (Northwest Voices Essay Series)

Arts & Literature

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