Participation and power : civic discourse in environmental policy decisions

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PARTICIPATION AND POWER; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. CITIZENS, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; 2. CITIZENS INVOLVED: MAPPING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND POWER IN RISK COMMUNICATION PRACTICES; 3. A CASE OF INSTITUTIONAL POWER: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONS ABOUT VX NERVE AGENT DISPOSAL AT THE NEWPORT CHEMICAL DEPOT; 4. TOWARD A PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO DECISION MAKING: CREATING A SPACE FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN TECHNICAL ISSUES; 5. PARTICIPATION AND POWER: TRANSFORMING THE POSSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DECISIONS. 6. TOWARD A JUST AND PARTICIPATORY ENVIRONMENT: CIVIC RESEARCHIN/FROM THE ACADEMYEPILOGUE: HEIGHTENED NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; APPENDIX A:PUBLIC NOTICE SAMPLE; APPENDIX B: SAMPLE OF COMMENTS SECTION FROM DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; APPENDIX C: SAMPLE OF COMMENTS SECTION FROM FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; APPENDIX D: SAMPLE OF COMMENTS SECTION FROM IDEM NOTICE OF DECISION; APPENDIX E: HOUSE ENROLLEDACT NO. 1143; APPENDIX F: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSABOUT THE NEWPORT CHEMICAL DEPOT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S. UT; V; W; Y