Site Fights Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West

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 o...

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1. Verfasser: Aldrich, Daniel P
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2008
Cornell Univ. Press
Ausgabe:1
Schlagworte:
Attitudes
Civil society
controversial projects
dams
Externer Effekt
France
Frankreich
Geographic location
Government policy
Industrial location
Industrial location > France
Industrial location > Japan
Industrial policy
Industrial policy > France
Industrial policy > Japan
Industriepolitik
Japan
Location of industry
nuclear power plants
opposition to building projects
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICAL HISTORY
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning
Produktionsstandort
Public Policy
public projects
Public works
Regional Planning
Social conflicts
SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Soziale Bewegung
Soziale Kosten
Standortwahl
Strategic planning
U.S.A
urban planning
USA
public projects
SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICAL HISTORY
opposition to building projects
urban planning
dams
nuclear power plants
controversial projects
ISBN:9780801446191, 0801446198, 9780801476228, 0801476224
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Zusammenfassung: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. InSite 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 inSite Fightsstress 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.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-242) and index
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ISBN:9780801446191
0801446198
9780801476228
0801476224
DOI:10.7591/9780801458255