Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France

by James M. Jasper

Book Overview

Why did nuclear energy policies in France, Sweden, and the United States, very similar at the time of the oil crisis of 1973 and 1974, diverge so greatly in the following years? In answering this question, James Jasper challenges one of the most popular trends in political analysis: explanations relying exclusively on political and economic structures to account for public policies. Jasper proposes a new cultural and state-centered approach--one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691609209
• ISBN13: 9780691609201
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"