Site Fights: Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West - Couverture souple

Aldrich, Daniel P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801476224 ISBN 13 : 9780801476228

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2010

Synopsis

One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. Policymakers must decide not only where to locate often unwanted projects but also what methods to use when interacting with opposition groups. In Site Fights, Daniel P. Aldrich gathers quantitative evidence from close to five hundred municipalities across Japan to show that planners deliberately seek out acquiescent and unorganized communities for such facilities in order to minimize conflict. When protests arise over nuclear power plants, dams, and airports, agencies regularly rely on the coercive powers of the modern state, such as land expropriation and police repression. Only under pressure from civil society do policymakers move toward financial incentives and public relations campaigns. Through fieldwork and interviews with bureaucrats and activists, Aldrich illustrates these dynamics with case studies from Japan, France, and the United States. The incidents highlighted in Site Fights stress the importance of developing engaged civil society even in the absence of crisis, thereby making communities both less attractive to planners of controversial projects and more effective at resisting future threats.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel P. Aldrich is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security and Resiliance Studies Program at Northeastern University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801476224
• ISBN 13: 9780801476228
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible