David S. Meyer
I'm a professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. I've been thinking, and writing about, protest politics for almost ever. This site offers comments on contemporary events, informed (I hope) by knowing something about history and about the academic study of social movements.
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Movement influence: it’s not forever
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to license two new nuclear reactors in Georgia, the first new licenses in more than 30 years. Activists can’t count on social movement victories to be permanent, and activists that leave the field cede political … Continue reading
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Tagged Fukushima, Georgia, mobilization, National Resources Defense Council, NRC, nuclear power, policy, victories
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