Collapse of an Industry : Nuclear Power and the Contradictions of U.S. Policy /

The commercial nuclear power industry was flourishing in the United States in the early 1970s; fifteen years later, the enterprise had collapsed. John L. Campbell examines the history of this debacle in order to explore how state and market shape each other under modern capitalism. In Collapse of an...

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Autore principale: Campbell, John L. (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2019]
Serie:Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvv4173c
Sommario:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I. THE PROBLEM OF POLICY CONSTRAINTS
  • Part II. THE FAILURE OF COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY
  • Part III. INSTITUTIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS
  • References
  • Index