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This paper analyses the emergence of recent activism in Grangemouth, Scotland's major petrochemical centre and an important BP site since 1924. Today this is a town in crisis. In a mood of growing pessimism and distrust, public doubts about the economic security and environmental safety of the town have provoked increasingly vocal local opposition to planning applications which would extend activity in chemicals while economic diversification is denied. The analysis starts by examining local interpretations of the new activism. The authors then move on to consider three alternative explanatory approaches: Douglas's analysis of 'risk positions'; the emerging 'environmental justice' perspective; and the distinction between 'siting' and 'exposure' in environmental controversies. All have explanatory limitations in this context, as public risk concerns are subsumed within rapidly changing judgements about the town's future prospects. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Author(s): Schlüter A, Phillimore PR, Moffatt S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Environmental Politics
Year: 2004
Volume: 13
Issue: 4
Pages: 715-733
Print publication date: 01/12/2004
ISSN (print): 0964-4016
ISSN (electronic): 1743-8934
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0964401042000274313
DOI: 10.1080/0964401042000274313
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