International Politics of Nuclear Energy
Author: Charles K. Ebinger
Publisher: Sage Publications (CA)
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles K. Ebinger
Publisher: Sage Publications (CA)
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Andrew Blowers
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1991-04-01
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1349212466
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Looking at the politics of nuclear waste, this book examines the subject from an international standpoint. Other works by the author Andrew Blowers include "The Limits of Power" and "Something in the Air", and he has been co-editor on books such as "Nuclear Power in Crisis".
Author: Benjamin K. Sovacool
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-05-16
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1136294376
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis. The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for embarking on nuclear power programs: (1) national security and secrecy, (2) technocratic ideology, (3) economic interventionism, (4) a centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network, (5) subordination of opposition to political authority, and (6) social peripheralization. The book validates this theory by confirming the presence of these six drivers during the initial nuclear power developmental periods in eight countries: the United States, France, Japan, Russia (the former Soviet Union), South Korea, Canada, China, and India. The authors then apply this framework as a predictive tool to evaluate contemporary nuclear power trends. They discuss what this theory means for developed and developing countries which exhibit the potential for nuclear development on a major scale, and examine how the new "renaissance" of nuclear power may affect the promotion of renewable energy, global energy security, and development policy as a whole. The volume also assesses the influence of climate change and the recent nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, on the nuclear power industry’s trajectory. This book will be of interest to students of energy policy and security, nuclear proliferation, international security, global governance and IR in general.
Author: Mason Willrich
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Boardman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1983-06-18
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1349059846
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry L. Bretton
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1985-11-01
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 0791497461
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This timely introduction to the study of international relations places special emphasis on the politics of international economics and the nuclear threat. Written for beginning students, the book combines comprehensive and realistic introductory material basic to the study of international relations with in-depth case studies of major issues and problem areas such as management of the world economy and management of world military power, East-West and North-South (rich nation vs. poor nation) conflicts, and the struggle for resources and ways and means of preventing World War III. Readers untrained in economics will find the subject matter introduced before it is discussed in its applied form. Henry L. Bretton has published widely on Western and non-Western government, politics, and international relations. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York College at Brockport.
Author: Scott Victor Victor Valentine
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Total Pages: 313
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 514
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Karl Kaiser
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the John Holmes Library Collection.
Author: William C. Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1317989619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium that has been processed to increase the proportion of the U-235 isotope to over 20%, is the most difficult challenge facing a state or non-state actor seeking to build a nuclear explosive. The large stocks of HEU in civilian use, many not adequately protected, are thus one of the greatest security risks facing the global community at present. This book contains chapters examining the various uses for this material and possible alternatives; the threat posed by this material; the economic, political and strategic obstacles to international efforts to end the use of HEU for commercial and research purposes; as well as new national and international measures that should be taken to further the elimination of HEU. This book was published as a special issue of The Nonproliferation Review.