Politics and administration during a ‘nuclear-political’ crisis: the Chernobyl disaster and radioactive fallout in Germany

How do public agencies and goverments cope with large-scale hazards if they cannot rely on specific laws, previous experience or governmental directions. National and local authorities in West Germany were completely surprised by nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl reactor blaze in 1986. This article...

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Main Author: Czada, Roland (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1990
In: Contemporary crises
Year: 1990, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 285-311
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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