Critical Masses: Citizens, Nuclear Weapons Production, and Environmental Destruction in the United States and Russia

by Russell J. Dalton, Nicholas P. Lovrich, John M. Whiteley, et al.

Book Overview

This book investigates how citizens in the United States and Russia have used the democratic process to force their governments to address the horrendous environmental damage caused by the nuclear arms race. It is the first in-depth comparative study of environmental activism and democracy in the two countries. Critical Masses focuses on two crucial areas--the Hanford Reservation in Washington State and the Mayak Complex in Russia--that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262541033
• ISBN13: 9780262541039
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 473 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher