| 来源类型 | Article |
| 规范类型 | 其他 |
| DOI | 10.1080/13669870903126085 |
| ISBN | 1366-9877 |
| Learning to listen: institutional change and legitimation in UK radioactive waste policy. | |
| MacKerron, Gordon; Berkhout, Frans | |
| 发表日期 | 2009 |
| 出处 | Journal of Risk Research |
| 出版者 | Taylor and Francis |
| 出版年 | 2009 |
| 页码 | 989-1008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Over the course of 50 years, UK radioactive waste policy change has been coupled with institutional change, without much progress towards the ultimate goal of safe, long-term stewardship of wastes. We explain this history as a search for legitimacy against a shifting context of legitimation needs and deficits. Following Habermas, we argue that legitimation is derived from a process of justificatory discourse. In principle, there must be a reasonable exchange of arguments between diverse parties in society, based on common norms, for legitimacy to be achieved. We show that the work of legitimation in UK radioactive waste policy has moved from a focus on factual validity claims towards an increasing emphasis on deliberative processes. This reframing of legitimation needs explains institutional and policy changes in UK radioactive waste policy. The most recent phase of policy and institutional change, which placed public deliberation about long-term management and disposal options centre-stage, represents a new step towards bridging legitimation deficits. Plans to build new nuclear reactors in the UK based on a more closed 'streamlined' decision process risk reversing the legitimacy gains that have been achieved through growing openness on radioactive waste management. |
| URL | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26889/ |
| 来源智库 | Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/466515 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | MacKerron, Gordon,Berkhout, Frans. Learning to listen: institutional change and legitimation in UK radioactive waste policy.. 2009. |
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