The Anti-Nuclear Power Movement and Discourses of Energy Justice

The Anti-Nuclear Power Movement and Discourses of Energy Justice examines the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. It identifies general principles of energy justice that can guide future energy policy and system development to ensure social and environmental justice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 31 January 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

The Anti-Nuclear Power Movement and Discourses of Energy Justice delves into a comprehensive analysis of the movement advocating for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future in the United States. By employing an environmental justice framework, this study explores the construction of diverse social and environmental justice discourses within the claims made by social movement organizations. It sheds light on how ideas of distribution, recognition, and representation shape the arguments put forth by anti-nuclear groups against the production of nuclear power. Through rigorous critical examinations of the movement's claims and the historical and structural contexts in which they emerged, the author identifies fundamental principles of energy justice. These principles serve as guiding pillars for future energy policy and system development, aimed at ensuring social and environmental equity.

The Anti-Nuclear Power Movement and Discourses of Energy Justice critically examines the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. Jesse P. Van Gerven explores how different social and environmental justice discourses are constructed through the claims of social movement organizations. This study shows how ideas of distribution, recognition, and representation structure the arguments made by anti-nuclear groups against the production of nuclear power. Through critical analyses of the claims made by the anti-nuclear power movement in the U.S., as well as analyses of the historical and structural context these claims emerged from, the author identifies general principals of energy justice. These principles can help guide future energy policy and energy system development to ensure social and environmental justice.

The Anti-Nuclear Power Movement and Discourses of Energy Justice delves into a comprehensive analysis of the movement advocating for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future in the United States. By employing an environmental justice framework, this study explores the construction of diverse social and environmental justice discourses within the claims made by social movement organizations. It sheds light on how ideas of distribution, recognition, and representation shape the arguments put forth by anti-nuclear groups against the production of nuclear power. Through rigorous critical examinations of the movement's claims and the historical and structural contexts in which they emerged, the author identifies fundamental principles of energy justice. These principles serve as guiding pillars for future energy policy and system development, aimed at ensuring social and environmental equity.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229 x 161 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793620453