Why are there no big nuke protests?. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wilson, Ward
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of the atomic scientists. Volume 71:Number 2(2015:Mar./Apr.)
• Page Start: 50
• Page End: 59
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: above-ground testing -- antinuclear movement -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- hotline -- INF Treaty -- limited test ban -- nuclear protest -- nuclear weapons -- Reykjavik; Nuclear energy -- Periodicals; Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Periodicals; Nuclear energy -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Nuclear weapons -- Periodicals; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Periodicals; Nuclear arms control -- Periodicals; 363.1799
• DOI: 10.1177/0096340215571912
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-3402

Abstract

The antinuclear movement has fluctuated between gigantic (in the 1980s) and almost nonexistent (the 1970s, now). What accounts for these remarkable variations? Is it possible to identify the factors that touched off the remarkable surges in participation in the 1960s and 1980s? If it were possible, could such factors be put into play today?