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The politics of french nuclear development
Author(s) -
Fagnani Jeanne,
Moatti JeanPaul
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.4050030208
Subject(s) - politics , face (sociological concept) , public opinion , nuclear industry , political science , political economy , public policy , economic system , economic policy , economics , economy , sociology , law , social science , engineering , nuclear engineering
France has evolved a nuclear energy policy markedly different from that of the United States and other technologically advanced western nations. The roots of the difference lie in French governmental processes which allow French officials to impose policy in the face of resistant public opinion, in the convergent economic interests of the French nuclear industry and labor, and in the French aspirations for technological achievement. But economic factors—rather than political ones—are obliging France to reduce its plans for future growth of the industry.