Hazardous Decisions Hazardous Waste Siting in the UK, The Netherlands and Canada Institutions and Discourses /

• Main Author: Huitema, Dave. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Environment & Policy, 34
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Ethics.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental Management.; Political Science.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

where Jeremy Richardson, Albert Weale and Hugh Ward were excellent hosts at the Department of Government and Thomas Christiansen a very good roommate. Having included the UK as a country where decision processes were far less participatory (and thus Ớ<U+00dc>worseỚ" in my own view) th...

Table of Contents:

• Hercules, Leviathan or Promotheus?
• Knowledge, competition or dialogue?
• Hazardous decisions
• The UK: Political control with the benefits of judicial authority?
• The Netherlands: participation through the court system
• Canada: Community-based siting
• Comparison of case studies
• Summary and conclusions.