List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1 "Structural Disaster" Behind Extreme Events: Sociological Reflection on Fukushima and Beyond
Chapter 2 The Theory of Structural Disaster: Sector Model and Sociological Path-Dependency in the Science-Technology-Society Interface
Chapter 3 Institutionalized Inaction by Compliance: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Nuclear Village
Chapter 4 Secrecy Throughout War and Peace: Structural Disaster Long Before Fukushima
Chapter 5 A Structural Disaster in Environmentally Friendly Oceanic Energy Development: The Hidden Link Between Renewable Energy and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
Chapter 6 Structural Disaster and the Wind Power Regime: Myth Creation, Myth Destruction, and Relevant Outsiders
Chapter 7 To Understand or Not To Understand?: Infinite Responsibility for HLW Disposal, or Ongoing Structural Disaster
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Renovating the Principle of Symmetry Beyond a Pre-established Harmony Between Expertise, Policy, and Democracy
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Miwao Matsumoto is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
