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Brian Wynne - Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) - 9781849711616 - V9781849711616
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Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making (The Earthscan Science in Society Series)

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Description for Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) paperback. Offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history - the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing - this title offers a critique of such judicial procedures and the underlying assumptions of the rationalist approach. Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; KNBN; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.

In Rationality and Ritual, internationally renowned expert Brian Wynne offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history – the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing – he offers a powerful critique of such judicial procedures and the underlying assumptions of the rationalist approach.

This second edition makes available again this classic and still very relevant work. Debates about nuclear power have come to the fore once again. Yet we still do not have adequate ways to make decisions or frame policy deliberation ... Read more

The new edition contains a substantial introduction by the author reflecting on changes (and lack of) in the intervening years and introducing new themes, relevant to today's world of big science and technology, that can be drawn out of the original text. A new foreword by Gordon MacKerron, an expert on energy and nuclear policy, sets this seminal work in the context of contemporary nuclear and related big technology debates.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
The Earthscan Science in Society Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849711616
SKU
V9781849711616
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Brian Wynne
Brian Wynne is Professor of Science Studies, Associate Director of the ESRC Research Centre CESAGen at Lancaster University and recipient of the J.D. Bernal Prize, 2010. He was an Inaugural Member of the Management Board and Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency (EEA), and a Special Adviser to the 2000 House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee Inquiry ... Read more

Reviews for Rationality and Ritual: Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making (The Earthscan Science in Society Series)
'Profound and stimulating...a brilliant analysis' – Dr Alvin Weinberg, former Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Physics Division 'A wonderful, original and still-timely book. Very sensitively and powerfully, Wynne shows how authentic progress is compromised and crippled, effectively by 'rational' pre-emption of authentic debate.' – Professor Ulrich Beck, University of Munich , Germany 'A profound and ... Read more

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