Trust, Mistrust, Distrust, and Trust-building in the Nuclear Sector
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Drawing on empirical cases from eight European countries—Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK—the contributors apply a sophisticated conceptual framework that distinguishes between trust, mistrust, and distrust across social, institutional, and ideological dimensions. The collection reveals how excessive trust can be as problematic as outright distrust, whilst demonstrating the democratic virtues of prudent scepticism and mistrustful civic vigilance in high-risk technological governance. It addresses critical gaps in social science scholarship by exploring when constructive mistrust transforms into dysfunctional distrust, examining trust dynamics in non-democratic contexts, and analysing the complex interactions between interpersonal, institutional, and ideological trust dimensions. Contributors provide context-sensitive analyses of nuclear waste governance, transboundary nuclear risks, and the evolution of civic engagement in nuclear policymaking.
This volume will be essential reading for scholars of science and technology studies, public policy researchers, nuclear industry professionals, and policymakers seeking evidence-based approaches to participatory governance in high-risk industries. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Risk Research.
Markku Lehtonen is an interdisciplinary social scientist at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Ana Prades is the head of of the Centre for Socio-technical Research (CISOT-CIEMAT) in Barcelona, Spain. Josep Espluga Trenc is Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain. Stathis Arapostathis is Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece.
Introduction: Trust, Mistrust, Distrust, and Trust-building in the Nuclear Sector: Historical and Comparative Experience from Europe 1. To Trust or Not to Trust? Structures, Practices and Discourses of Transboundary Trust Around the Swedish Nuclear Power Plant Barsebäck Near Copenhagen 2. Trust, Mistrust and Distrust as Blind Spots of Social Licence to Operate: Illustration via Three Forerunner Countries in Nuclear Waste Management 3. Confidence Gap or Timid Trust Building? The Role of Trust in the Evolution of Nuclear Waste Governance in Germany 4. The Emergence of Mistrustful Civic Vigilance in Finnish, French, German and Spanish Nuclear Policies: Ideological Trust and (De)politicisation 5. Deep Borehole Disposal of Nuclear Waste: Trust, Cost and Social Acceptability 6. Trust, Distrust and Radioactive Waste Management in Contemporary Russia
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-29793-9 / 1041297939 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-29793-2 / 9781041297932 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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