Canada’s Nuclear Colonialism
Capitalist Realism and the Neoliberal Public Sphere
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14784609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harrison Dressler (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-37 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjc-2022-0074 |
| OpenAlex | W4392977208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 51 |
Background: In Canada, actors in industry, government, and civil society have proposed small modular reactors as a technological solution to climate change. Analysis: A quantitative and qualitative content analysis of New Brunswick’s mainstream newspapers indicates a profound bias in favour of perspectives drawn from actors in industry and government. The sources underemphasize the risk profile of small modular reactors, delegitimize criticism, and promote a nuclear realist project tied to the imperatives of neoliberal capitalism and colonialism. Conclusions and implications: Disproportionate coverage of pro-nuclear sources from industry and government thwarts representative public deliberation. Indigenous nations, acting as counterpublics, challenge technocratic, colonial, and neoliberal discourse
Colonialism · Epistemology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Realism · Sociology · Canadian Policy and Governance · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Risk Perception and Management
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |