Geography And Social Movements: Comparing Antinuclear Activism In The Boston Area

GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series Editor: Bert Klandermans, Free University, Amsterdam Associate Editors: Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University Verta A. Taylor, The Ohio State University Ron R. Aminzade, University of Minnesota Volume 12 Volume 11 Volume 10 Volume 9 Volume 8 Volume 7 Volume 6 Volume 5 Volume 4 Volume 3 Volume 2 Volume 1 Byron A. Miller, Geography and Social Movements: Comparing Antinuclear Activism in the Boston Area Mona N. Younis, Liberation and Democratization: The South African and Palestinian National Movements Marco Giugni, Doug McAdam, and Charles Tilly, editors, How Social Movements Matter Cynthia Irvin, Militant Nationalism: Between Movement and Party in Ireland and the Basque Country Raka Ray, Fields of Protest: Women’s Movements in India Michael P. Hanagan, Leslie Page Moch, and Wayne te Brake, editors, Challenging Authority: The Historical Study of Contentious Politics Donatella della Porta and Herbert Reiter, editors, Policing Protest: The Control of Mass Demonstrations in Western Democracies Hanspeter Kriesi, Ruud Koopmans, Jan Willem Duyvendak, and Marco G. Giugni, New Social Movements in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis Hank Johnston and Bert Klandermans, editors, Social Movements and Culture J. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans, editors, The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements John Foran, editor, A Century of Revolution: Social Movements in Iran Andrew Szasz, EcoPopulism: Toxic Waste and the Movement for Environmental Justice GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Comparing Antinuclear Activism in the Boston Area Byron A. Miller Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Volume 12 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis • London Portions of this book were previously published in “Collective Action and Rational Choice: Place, Community, and the Limits to Individual Self-Interest,” Economic Geography 68, no. 1 (1992): 22–42; in “Political Empowerment, LocalCentral State Relations, and Geographically Shifting Political Opportunity Structures,” Political Geography 13, no. 5 (1994): 393–406; and in “Political Action and the Geography of Defense Investment: Geographical Scale and the Representation of the Massachusetts Miracle,” Political Geography 16, no. 2 (1997): 171–85 (Elsevier Science Ltd.). Reprinted with permission. Copyright 2000 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, Byron A., 1957– Geography and social movements : comparing antinuclear activism in the Boston area / Byron A. Miller. p. cm. — (Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 12) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-2950-1 (hc : acid-free) — ISBN 0-8166-2951-X (pb : acid-free) 1. Antinuclear movement—Massachusetts—Boston. 2. Social movements. 3. Social movements—Massachusetts—Boston. 4. Social change. I. Title. II. Series. HD9698.M43 M55 2000 303.48'4— dc21 00-008303 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of Mary Heath Miller (1930–95), who worked for peace and in hope for a more just and peaceful world for generations to come This page intentionally left blank Contents Ackn