Controlling Technocracy
Subtitle: Citizen Rationality and the Nimby Syndrome (American Governance and Public Policy)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780878407408
Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Marxism & Communism; Political science & theory; Public opinion & polls; Public Policy - General; Land use; Environmental Policy; Hazardous Waste Disposal And Treatment; Science/Mathematics; Technology; Politics / Current Events; Public Affairs & Administration; NIMBY syndrome; Environmental Science; Science and state; Environmental Engineering & Technology; United States; Citizen participation; Government policy
First sentence: Nimbys are noisy.
Description: "In this exploration of citizen rationality, the tension between democracy and technocracy, and the link between public opinion and policy, McAvoy demonstrates that citizen opinion plays a constructive role in environmental policymaking."--BOOK JACKET.