Rationality and Ritual - Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making Author Wynne B. Date 2010 Source IUCN (ID: MON-086146) Publisher | Place of publication Earthscan | London, U.K. ISBN 9781849711616 Pages 228 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Country/Territory United Kingdom Subject Energy Keyword Policy/planning Jurisdictional competence Public participation Nuclear energy Abstract Presents an analysis of science and technology policy-making. By focussing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history - the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing in Britain, the author offers a critique of such judicial procedures and the underlying assumptions of the rationalist approach. Website www.earthscan.co.uk