Article ID: CBB710438620

Contested credibility economies of nuclear power in India (February 2019)

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STS scholars studying anti-nuclear activism in the context of nations in the Global North have observed the critical role of science to mediate relations of domination and resistance. Through a historical examination of anti-nuclear activism in India, this article investigates the instrumentalization of science as a liberal democratic rationality. In doing so, the article shows how elite Indian activists – many of whom are scientists, engineers, journalists and academic professionals – will never be seen as scientifically knowledgeable in nuclear matters, because of their non-state educational pedigrees. If activists cannot hold the state accountable through science, they have attempted to anticipate what other kinds of arguments and modes of contention may gain traction. As such, they have deployed more ‘guerilla’ tactics grounded in bureaucratic rationalities in the hopes of installing themselves as alternate sources of expertise in India’s nuclear landscape.

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Authors & Contributors
Evans, Robert
Christian H. Ross
Weinel, Martin
Collins, Harry M.
Lee, Clarissa Ai Ling
Pandey, Poonam
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Expertise
Authority of science
Democracy
Controversies and disputes
Public understanding of science
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
India
United States
Malay; Malaysia
Japan
Italy
Korea
Institutions
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
European Commission
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