Čaldarović, Ognjen and Rogić, Ivan.
(1992).
A Model of a Public Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Disposal.
Društvena istraživanja : časopis za opća društvena pitanja, 1(2(2)).
pp. 315-329.
ISSN 1330-0288
Abstract
The paper deals with the major sociological characteristics which
have to be established, so that an agency for dealing with
hazardous materials can function in Croatia. The paper is based
on a research project realized in the Institute for Applied Social
Research in Zagreb and represents the first phase of a broader
project on nuclear waste. The authors emphasize that the agency
must be placed at equal distance from the three main subjects in
society - the state, the public and the pollutors. The major frame
of reference emphasized by the authors within which the agency
should be functioning is concern for the environment combined
with an unbiased global position of the agency. The authors
discuss 5 major features of the agency - (1) the institutional
posltlon of the agency, (2) the competence of the agency, (3) the
position of the agency in the public, (4) the composition of the
team of experts needed for running the agency, and (5) the global
ecological philosophy of the agency. These five major points are
discussed extensively and key operationalizations on each point
are made. In the closing part of the paper, the authors stress the
importance of major sociological findings based on several
researches organized in Croatia in the last few years, and also
propose a basic plan for the functioning of that specific agency.
The paper ends with a statement that this basic program
represents only the first phase of a complex sociological research
on the structure of environmental risks.
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