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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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2008
Cornell Univ. Press |
| Vydání: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 9780801446191, 0801446198, 9780801476228, 0801476224 |
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| Shrnutí: | 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. |
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| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-242) and index SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7 |
| ISBN: | 9780801446191 0801446198 9780801476228 0801476224 |
| DOI: | 10.7591/9780801458255 |