{"product_id":"chain-reaction-expert-debate-and-public-participation-in-american-commercial-nuclear-power-1945-1975-hardback-9780521372961","title":"Chain Reaction; Expert Debate and Public Participation in American Commercial Nuclear Power 1945–1975 (Hardback) 9780521372961","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChain Reaction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExpert Debate and Public Participation in American Commercial Nuclear Power 1945–1975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeeks to explain how and why America came to depend so heavily on its experts after World War II and why their authority declined in the 1970s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian Balogh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521372961, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 October 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is much more than a case study of nuclear power policy in the US … (it) combines historical research over a 30-year period (1945–1975), with an expert understanding of the literature on bureaucracy, on the roles of scientists and the citizenry in the policy process, and on the policy economy of post-industrial  policy-making. All students of policy formation thus will find Balogh's book thought provoking. How refreshing it is to find a policy scholar who knows history and can write well.' Political Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePath-breaking research into the Atomic Energy Commission's internal memorandum files supports this text's explanation of how and why America came to depend so heavily on its experts after World War II and why their authority and political clout declined in the 1970s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Professionalisation and politics in twentieth-century\u003cbr\u003e America: from fission to fusion\u003cbr\u003e 2. The promise of the proministrative state: nuclear experts and national politics, 1945–1947\u003cbr\u003e 3.  Forging an iron triangle: the politics of verisimilitude\u003cbr\u003e 4. Triangulating demand: the AEC's first decade of commercialisation\u003cbr\u003e 5. The centrifugal push of expertise: reactor safety, 1947–1960\u003cbr\u003e 6. The magnetic pull of professional disciplines, issue networks and local government\u003cbr\u003e 7. Nuclear experts on top, not on tap: mainstreaming expertise, 1957–1970\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nuclear experts everywhere: the challenge to nuclear power, 1960–1975\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: harnessing political chain reactions\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Postwar%2020th%20century%20history,%20from%20c%201945%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW3%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW3\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007149330712,"sku":"9780521372961","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521372961_81336247-2be2-4dcf-b4f4-270a850f5d03.gif?v=1691375985","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chain-reaction-expert-debate-and-public-participation-in-american-commercial-nuclear-power-1945-1975-hardback-9780521372961","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}