Protest as Terrorism

The Potential for Violent Anti-Nuclear Activism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4766077
AutoresRobert Futrell (0000-0002-2885-9103), Barbara G Brents (0000-0003-3783-6859, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Año2003
Volumen46
Número6
Páginas745-765
Fecha de publicación2003-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764202239172
OpenAlexW1994963940
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas39

This article examines the potential threat of terrorism toward the Nevada Nuclear Test Site and the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository by domestic protest groups, particularly anti-nuclear activists. The analysis is based on the history of direct action anti-nuclear campaigns against the facilities, particularly the Nevada Test Site, and suggests that violence as a form of protest, particularly the type of violence that is aimed at jeopardizing human safety (as opposed to violent destruction of property), is very unlikely. It is argued that the normalized relations between authorities and protesters that occurred at the peak of direct actions is critical to maintaining the nonviolence that has characterized activism at the facilities. But, the current climate of heightened government scrutiny and repression toward various types of perceived terrorist threats may affect future forms of protest and engender violent responses on both sides

Criminology · Direct action · Government (linguistics) · Nuclear weapon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Sociology · Terrorism · American Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Risk Perception and Management