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During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic
power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the
present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks
and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this
journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk
Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route.
Paying close attention to social, political and policy aspects
throughout, this book considers:
* the nuclear moment from global collaborative project at Los
Alamos to fragmented, bitterly competing projects
* the 'atomic science movement's' use of symbolic resources to win
national ascendancy
* the implications of secrecy and the establishment of
quasi-commercial organisations within the nuclear industry.
This fascinating study also argues for the ongoing importance of
the non-violent direct action groups that flourished during the
1970s, showing their continuing influence on today's new social
movements. Welsh concludes by considering the implications of this
historically based account for contemporary issues of risk and
trust on current policy-making.
Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful,
contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered
terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action
and social and political activism. Following an A-Z format, the
entries defined and discussed are drawn from the following
areas:
- the ?old? social movements of the nineteenth century
- the ?new? social movements of the 1960s and 1970s
- the rise of contemporary ?network? movements.
Key American, European and global social movements are
addressed, with each entry related to contemporary developments and
emergent tendencies within the field. Including helpful references
for further study, this concise and up-to-date guide is of
relevance for those studying a range of disciplines, including
sociology, politics, cultural studies and human geography.
Two decades after its launch by the UN Brundtland Commission, the
paradigm of sustainability seems to have reached its limits. Whilst
the concept figures more prominently in public debate and policy
making than ever before, the ecological footprint of advanced
liberal consumer societies continues to grow, and the forceful
economic development of countries such as China and India
reinforces concerns that the world is moving further away from,
rather than closer towards the ideal of sustainability. Given the
proven failure of ecological modernisation strategies to secure
sustainability, the traditional question "How may our established
lifestyles and socio-economic practices be made more sustainable?"
needs to be supplemented by a second, equally important, question:
"How do advanced modern consumer democracies try and manage to
sustain what is known to be unsustainable?" Put differently,
traditional research into the politics of sustainability needs to
be supplemented by a new line of research into the politics of
unsustainability. Exploring the recent transformation of
eco-political discourses and a variety of ways in which the
unfolding paradox of sustaining the unsustainable is being managed,
the present volume pioneers this new research agenda. This book was
previously published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.
Fusing two key concerns of contemporary sociology: globalization
and its discontents, and the 'complexity turn' in social theory,
authors Chesters and Welsh utilize complexity theory to analyze the
shifting constellation of social movement networks that constitute
opposition to neo-liberal globalization. They explore how seemingly
chaotic and highly differentiated social actors interacting
globally through computer mediated communications, face-to-face
gatherings and protests constitute a 'multitude' not easily grasped
through established models of social and political change. Drawing
upon extensive empirical research and utilizing concepts drawn from
the natural and social sciences this book suggests a framework for
understanding mobilization, identity formation and information
flows in global social movements operating within complex
societies. It suggests that this 'movement of movements' exhibits
an emergent order on the edge of chaos, a turbulence that is
recasting political agency in the twenty-first century.
Fusing two key concerns of contemporary sociology: globalization
and its discontents, and the 'complexity turn' in social theory,
authors Chesters and Welsh utilize complexity theory to analyze the
shifting constellation of social movement networks that constitute
opposition to neo-liberal globalization. They explore how seemingly
chaotic and highly differentiated social actors interacting
globally through computer mediated communications, face-to-face
gatherings and protests constitute a 'multitude' not easily grasped
through established models of social and political change. Drawing
upon extensive empirical research and utilizing concepts drawn from
the natural and social sciences this book suggests a framework for
understanding mobilization, identity formation and information
flows in global social movements operating within complex
societies. It suggests that this 'movement of movements' exhibits
an emergent order on the edge of chaos, a turbulence that is
recasting political agency in the twenty-first century.
During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years, advocates of
atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future.
From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by
accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. "Mobilising
Modernity" traces this journey from confidence in technology to the
anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional
wisdoms en route.
Paying close attention to social, political and policy aspects
throughout, this book considers:
* the nuclear moment from global collaborative project at Los
Alamos to fragmented, bitterly competing projects
* the 'atomic science movement's' use of symbolic resources to win
national ascendancy
* the implications of secrecy and the establishment of
quasi-commercial organizations within the nuclear industry.
This fascinating study also argues for the ongoing importance of
the non-violent direct action groups that flourished during the
1970s, showing their continuing influence on today's new social
movements. Welsh concludes by considering the implications of this
historically based account for contemporary issues of risk and
trust on current policy-making.
Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful,
contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered
terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action
and social and political activism. Following an A-Z format, the
entries defined and discussed are drawn from the following
areas:
- the old social movements of the nineteenth century
- the new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s
- the rise of contemporary network movements.
Key American, European and global social movements are
addressed, with each entry related to contemporary developments and
emergent tendencies within the field. Including helpful references
for further study, this concise and up-to-date guide is of
relevance for those studying a range of disciplines, including
sociology, politics, cultural studies and human geography.
Two decades after its launch by the UN Brundtland Commission, the
paradigm of sustainability seems to have reached its limits. Whilst
the concept figures more prominently in public debate and policy
making than ever before, the ecological footprint of advanced
liberal consumer societies continues to grow, and the forceful
economic development of countries such as China and India
reinforces concerns that the world is moving further away from,
rather than closer towards the ideal of sustainability. Given the
proven failure of ecological modernisation strategies to secure
sustainability, the traditional question "How may our established
lifestyles and socio-economic practices be made more sustainable?"
needs to be supplemented by a second, equally important, question:
"How do advanced modern consumer democracies try and manage to
sustain what is known to be unsustainable?" Put differently,
traditional research into the politics of sustainability needs to
be supplemented by a new line of research into the politics of
unsustainability. Exploring the recent transformation of
eco-political discourses and a variety of ways in which the
unfolding paradox of sustaining the unsustainable is being managed,
the present volume pioneers this new research agenda. This book was
previously published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.
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