SITE FIGHTS DIVISIVE FACILITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN JAPAN AND THE WEST (PB 2010)

CP CORNELL UP

ISBN 10: 0801476224 / ISBN 13: 9780801476228

Verlag: SP Cornell UP, 2010

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One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. Policymakers must decide not only where to locate often unwanted projects but also what methods to use when interacting with opposition groups. In Site Fights, Daniel P. Aldrich gathers quantitative evidence from close to five hundred municipalities across Japan to show that planners deliberately seek out acquiescent and unorganized communities for such facilities in order to minimize conflict.

When protests arise over nuclear power plants, dams, and airports, agencies regularly rely on the coercive powers of the modern state, such as land expropriation and police repression. Only under pressure from civil society do policymakers move toward financial incentives and public relations campaigns. Through fieldwork and interviews with bureaucrats and activists, Aldrich illustrates these dynamics with case studies from Japan, France, and the United States. The incidents highlighted in Site Fights stress the importance of developing engaged civil society even in the absence of crisis, thereby making communities both less attractive to planners of controversial projects and more effective at resisting future threats.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Daniel P. Aldrich is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SITE FIGHTS DIVISIVE FACILITIES AND CIVIL ...
Verlag: SP Cornell UP
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New Books
Auflage: Internationale Ausgabe