Promotional Information

Portney argues that local opposition to the siting of much needed hazardous waste treatment facilities must be fully understood before it can be effectively met by government agencies.

Table of Contents

Some Pieces to the Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Siting Puzzle Understanding the Hazardous Waste Dilemma: What Works and What Doesn't Work in Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Siting The Politics of Treatment Facility Siting: A Dilemma of Democracy in State and Local Efforts Correlates of Public Opposition: What We Know and Don't Know About the Influences on Peoples' Attitudes Toward Treatment Facility Siting Correlates of Changes in Public Opposition: What Changes Minds The Social, Cultural, and Psychological Construction of Opposition to Facility Siting: The Normative Bases of Conflict Solutions to Treatment Facility Siting in an Era of the NIMBY Syndrome: Risk Substitution as a Viable Alternative References Index

About the Author

KENT E. PORTNEY is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Citizen Survey Program at Tufts University. He is co-author of The Distributional Impact of Public Policies and author of Approaching Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction to Policy and Program Research. He has also written articles for Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials, Policy Studies Journal, and the Journal of Voluntary Action Research.