Cotton, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-8877-4822 (2014) Structure, agency and post-Fukushima nuclear policy: an alliance-context-actantiality model of political change. Journal of Risk Research , 18 (3). pp. 317-332. ISSN 1366-9877
Abstract
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has radically reshaped domestic Japanese energy policy, political economy and citizen–state relationships within a very short time period. This destabilised period of post-Fukushima nuclear policy is considered in meta-theoretical terms, drawing upon the work of Colin Hay in describing a punctuated evolution model of stability and change. This, in turn, draws upon the concepts of structure and agency, and the material and ideational. I assess and apply Jessop and Hay’s strategic-relational approach (SRA) to resolving these issues, with reference to the Fukushima disaster throughout. The ontological weaknesses of the SRA are discussed, namely the weak conceptualisation of ‘the material’, leading to the construction of a new hybrid model. Hay’s concept of structure–strategy–agency is augmented into one of alliance-context-actantiality; drawing upon concepts from actor network theory to better articulate the role of artefacts, physical and material processes in influencing stability and change in risk politics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Taylor and Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Risk Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | strategic-relational approach; actor network theory; Fukushima; nuclear energy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2016 11:19 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:01 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2014.919512 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13669877.2014.919512 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97025 |