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A Problem of Politics of Technique? Insights from Waste‐Management Strategies in Sweden and France
Author(s) -
Cook Brian J.,
Emel Jacque L.,
Kasperson Roger E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1991.tb00283.x
Subject(s) - vanguard , dilemma , politics , environmental planning , business , radioactive waste , political science , waste management , engineering , environmental science , law , geography , archaeology , philosophy , epistemology
Sweden and France are in many respects in the vanguard of high‐level radioactive waste disposal efforts, and they offer sharp contrasts regarding basic strategies and underlying philosophies for waste management. We compare their waste disposal programs for insight into the dilemma of siting and developing a permanent waste repository. We find that technical decisions, as well as the more obvious sociopolitical decisions about repository development, are shaped by deep‐seated social and political forces in each nation.