Dear colleagues, Please forgive this crude display of self-promotion but I tried a refined approach to self-promotion and find that it isn't as effective... Benajmin Sovacool and I have just released a new book entitled, "The National Politics of Nuclear Power" (Routledge). It examines nuclear development in eight leading nuclear nations in order to identify the dominant forces which support nuclear power development in a given nation. For those of you who are wondering how Japan wound up with its nuclear power program, what Russia has been up to in nuclear power since Chernobyl and what we can expect in the way of nuclear power development in China...it may be worth checking out. Contents of the book and endorsements can be perused via Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/The-National-Politics-Nuclear-Power/dp/0415688701) We think it is a useful contribution to energy policy because it provides some insight into why some nations make seemingly knee-jerk nuclear power development decisions. As an added inducement, for anyone who purchases over 1,000 copies, Benjamin and I have agreed to fork out for a reeealllly nice pen and pencil set. If you are ever through Tokyo please look me up. Stay well, Scott _______________________________________________________________ Scott Victor VALENTINE, PhD Associate Professor Associate Director MPP/IP Program Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) The University of Tokyo #624 Administration Bureau Building No. 2 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN phone: +813-5841-0784 fax: +813-5841-0784 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/faculty/professors/ScottValentine.htm _______________________________________________________________
