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Environmental conflict as a social construction: Nuclear waste conflicts in Finland

1996

Environmental conflicts are a familiar phenomenon in all industrial societies, and social scientists have produced a great number of studies of different environmental conflicts. One conventional way to conceptualize them is known as NIMBY ("not in my backyard"). Although the recent NIMBY literature has revealed the complexity of the issue, the approach continues to be beset by a number of problems. It has been difficult to conceptualize the dynamic character of a conflict from this perspective. This paper suggests that the theory of environmental conflicts should shift in an epistemological and social interactionist direction, toward social constructionist theory. This paper offers a const…

Riskiyhteiskunnan nuoret : tutkimus Eurajoen, Kuhmon ja Äänekosken lukiolaisten suhtautumisesta ydinjätteiden loppusijoitukseen

1997