Nuclear Power: Renaissance or Relapse? Global Climate Change and Long-Term Three Mile Island Activists' Narratives

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 231-246

  Culley, Marci R ^a   Angelique, Holly ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti nuclear activism; Climate change; Community narratives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTORY; INTERVIEW; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLITICS; POLLUTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NARRATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PENNSYLVANIA; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK;

EID: 77953702482     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9299-8     Document Type: Article

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