Edited by Leonard Berkowitz,
Norma Berkowitz, and Michael Patrick

Written by experts in their fields, the chapters taken together demonstrate that the accident and the aftermath cannot be attributed to any one set of factors. We need these technical, biological, political, historical, psychological, or sociological perspectives if we are to arrive at an adequate analysis of this highly-complex incident and its farreaching consequences.

This book contributes greatly to our understanding of why this catastrophic event occurred and what influences shaped the reactions of millions of people who were directly affected. (approx. 300 pages)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview - Leonard Berkowitz
Chapter 2 Chernobyl and the Culture of Environmental Irresponsibility,- Michael Beissinger
Chapter 3 The Chernobyl Reactor Accident: What Happened and Why - Michael Corradini
Chapter 4 The Semantics of ?Inherent Safety? - Arjun Makhijani & Scott Saleska
Chapter 5 The Political Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster in Belarus and Ukraine - David Marples
Chapter 6 How the State and Society Responded to the Needs of the Ukrainian Victims - Volodymyr Tykhyy
Chapter 7 Identity and Meaning: Chernobyl and Literature - Jennifer Tishler
Chapter 8 Radiation, Radioactivity, and Radiobiology: A Primer - Michael Patrick
Chapter 9 Biomedical Consequences of the Chernobyl Reactor Accident - Kelly Clifton
Chapter 10 The Accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl - Colleen Moore
Chapter 11 Information as Traumatic Stressor - Anne Speckhard
Chapter 12 Development of Adaptation Patterns - Yuri Shvalb
Chapter 13 Development of a Community-Based System to Provide
Psychosocial Assistance to the Victims of the Chernobyl Catastrophe - Oksana Garnets
Chapter 14 Charnobyl is Here and Now - Norma Berkowitz

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