Controlling Technocracy: Citizen Rationality and the Nimby Syndrome - Brossura

Libro 14 di 60: American Governance and Public Policy

McAvoy, Gregory E.

 
9780878407415: Controlling Technocracy: Citizen Rationality and the Nimby Syndrome
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0878407413 ISBN 13: 9780878407415
Casa editrice: Georgetown Univ Pr, 1999

Sinossi

Disputes over hazardous waste sites usually are resolved by giving greater weight to expert opinion over public "not-in-my-back-yard" reactions. Challenging the assumption that policy experts are better able to discern the general welfare, Gregory E. McAvoy here proposes that citizen opinion and democratic dissent occupy a vital, constructive place in environmental policymaking.

McAvoy explores the issues of citizen rationality, the tension between democracy and technocracy, and the link between public opinion and policy in the case of an unsuccessful attempt to site a hazardous waste facility in Minnesota. He shows how the site was defeated by citizens who had reasonable doubts over the need for the facility.

Offering a comprehensive look at the policymaking process, McAvoy examines the motivations of public officials, the resources they have for shaping opinion, the influence of interest groups, and the evolution of waste reduction programs in Minnesota and other states. Integrating archival material, interviews, and quantitative survey data, he argues that NIMBY movements can bring miscalculations to light and provide an essential check on policy experts' often partisan views.

This book will be of value to those who work or study in the fields of hazardous waste policy, facility siting, environmental policy, public policy, public administration, and political science.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Gregory E. McAvoy is an assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Editore
Georgetown Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1999
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0878407413
ISBN 13 
9780878407415
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
168
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10:  0878407405 ISBN 13:  9780878407408
Casa editrice: Georgetown Univ Pr, 1999
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