TY - BOOK ID - 118216757 TI - The Meanings of a Disaster PY - 2020 SN - 9781789207033 PB - New York Oxford DB - UniCat KW - Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 KW - Nuclear energy KW - Social aspects KW - Government policy KW - Atomic energy KW - Atomic power KW - Energy, Atomic KW - Energy, Nuclear KW - Nuclear power KW - Power, Atomic KW - Power, Nuclear KW - Force and energy KW - Nuclear physics KW - Power resources KW - Nuclear engineering KW - Nuclear facilities KW - Nuclear power plants KW - Chernobyl Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 KW - Chernobyl Disaster, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 KW - Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 KW - Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 KW - Accidents KW - berlin wall. KW - chernobyl russia. KW - deadly explosion. KW - disaster response. KW - famous disasters. KW - france. KW - great britain. KW - international politics. KW - long-term consequences. KW - man made disaster. KW - nuclear energy. KW - nuclear power plant. KW - othering strategy. KW - political repercussions. KW - radiation poisoning. KW - radioactive waste. KW - social repercussions. KW - soviet bloc. KW - western europe. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118216757 AB - The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significance—not only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the Northern hemisphere, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases of Great Britain and France, this innovative study explores the discourses and narratives that arose in the wake of the incident among both state and nonstate actors. It gives a thorough account of the stereotypes, framings, and “othering” strategies that shaped Western European nations’ responses to the disaster, and of their efforts to come to terms with its long-term consequences up to the present day.-- ER -