'Where do we go from Wyhl?': Transnational Anti-Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organisations in the 1970s
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'Where do we go from Wyhl?' : Transnational Anti-Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organisations in the 1970s. / Meyer, Jan-Henrik.
In: Historical Social Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, 18.02.2014, p. 212-235.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - 'Where do we go from Wyhl?'
T2 - Transnational Anti-Nuclear Protest targeting European and International Organisations in the 1970s
AU - Meyer, Jan-Henrik
PY - 2014/2/18
Y1 - 2014/2/18
N2 - While the site occupation at Wyhl in 1975 is usually considered the symbolic birthplace of the West German anti-nuclear movement, it may also serve as the starting point for a transnational history of anti-nuclear protest. Local cross-border cooperation among protesters at Wyhl deeply impressed those anti-nuclear activists in the mid-1970s who considered nuclear power a global problem and encouraged them to take their protest to the international level. The central argument of this article is that protest directed against international organizations (IOs) – notably the European Communities (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) provided a crucial catalyst for transnational cooperation among anti-nuclear activists. Targeting IOs as the key promoters of nuclear power on a global scale, anti-nuclear activists cooperated across borders organizing protest events. Their goal was to challenge the IOs and win back the public on the issue across borders. Based on multi-archival research in Western Europe, this article analyzes five transnational protest events between 1975 and 1978 in Europe. Findings suggest that continued cooperation led to the emergence of a transnational anti-nuclear network and facilitated transnational transfers of scientific expertise and protest practices.
AB - While the site occupation at Wyhl in 1975 is usually considered the symbolic birthplace of the West German anti-nuclear movement, it may also serve as the starting point for a transnational history of anti-nuclear protest. Local cross-border cooperation among protesters at Wyhl deeply impressed those anti-nuclear activists in the mid-1970s who considered nuclear power a global problem and encouraged them to take their protest to the international level. The central argument of this article is that protest directed against international organizations (IOs) – notably the European Communities (EC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) provided a crucial catalyst for transnational cooperation among anti-nuclear activists. Targeting IOs as the key promoters of nuclear power on a global scale, anti-nuclear activists cooperated across borders organizing protest events. Their goal was to challenge the IOs and win back the public on the issue across borders. Based on multi-archival research in Western Europe, this article analyzes five transnational protest events between 1975 and 1978 in Europe. Findings suggest that continued cooperation led to the emergence of a transnational anti-nuclear network and facilitated transnational transfers of scientific expertise and protest practices.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - anti-nuclear protest
KW - transnational
KW - Social movements
KW - transnational history
KW - protest
KW - IAEA
KW - European Commission
KW - Brunner Hearings
KW - 1970s
U2 - 10.12759/hsr.39.2014.1.212-235
DO - 10.12759/hsr.39.2014.1.212-235
M3 - Journal article
VL - 39
SP - 212
EP - 235
JO - Historical Social Research
JF - Historical Social Research
SN - 0172-6404
IS - 1
ER -
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