Date of Award:
5-2005
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Sociology and Anthropology
Department name when degree awarded
Sociology
Committee Chair(s)
Richard S. Krannich
Committee
Richard S. Krannich
Committee
Peggy Petrzelka
Committee
Jennifer Peeples
Abstract
This thesis is a qualitative case study of a risk controversy generated by a proposal to construct a high-level nuclear waste repository on the Goshute Indian reservation in rural, northwestern Utah. Using data taken from local newspapers and public hearings, I examine and compare the claims-making activity of project opponents and project proponents. I explore and analyze variability in claims making along four specific dimensions: risk communication, trust and distrust in science and technology, environmental equity, and tribal sovereignty. My analysis is intended to illuminate the sources of contention between opponent and proponent claims-making groups in this case.
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Recommended Citation
Jones, Taunya J., "Constructing a Risk Controversy: The Case of a Proposed High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository on the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation" (2005). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1989.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1989
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