“Rather Active Today than Radioactive Tomorrow!” Environmental Justice and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in 1970s Wyhl, West Germany

Abstract

hortly before Christmas, old Mr. Hoppenstedt buys the board game "We are Building a Nuclear Power Plant" 1 for his grandson. While the youngster remains disinterested in the game, the rest of the family set up trees, houses, cows, and the neutron accelerator. Soon the miniature plant stands next to the Christmas tree in the living room. The mother of the family exclaims, "If we did something wrong then we will hear a puff!" 2 Seconds later, a small ex-S

Transitioning to Decent Work and Economic Growth

“…Moreover, there were discussions on alternative economic systems that would focus less on economic growth and more on equality and social well-being-a sort of third way between market economy and classical socialism (Šik 1976;Kalb 2002). In this context, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 11 as an indicator of a country's level of human development was already a target of criticism.…”