Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment: The Case of India

By Manu Verghese Mathai

This book offers a critique of civilian nuclear power as a green energy strategy for India. The author argues that the existing growth-based, highly technology-centric model of organizing economic activity is unsustainable and urgently needs reform. Categorizing nuclear power in India as an "authoritarian technology," the book proposes an alternative arrangement, a synergy of ideas from the fields of economic development, energy planning, science, technology and society studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415629160
• ISBN13: 9780415629164
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"