ABSTRACT

This article shows how the international nuclear disaster in Fukushima affected the antinuclear movement in Koodankulam by using the cross-national diffusion model proposed by Kriesi, Koopmans, Duyvendak and Giugni (1995) . It examines the impact of the international disaster on the antinuclear movement and its subsequent expansion in terms of protest events and organizational trajectories. It also describes the new participants and actors in this antinuclear power issue. The research questions are addressed through archives, handbills, unpublished documents, and semi-structured interviews. I argue that diffusion of information and domestic opportunities helped the antinuclear groups erect a protest camp that offered manufactured vulnerability. This induced several meso and micro level social movement organizations and political parties to join the antinuclear movement, leading to expansion at the organizational level and the formation of coalitions. Further, the participation of newly joined social movement organizations and political parties in the mobilization helped the movement expand its protest events and led to an increase in the level of contention. The study contributes to the study of antinuclear movements and cross-national diffusion.

摘要

本文使用 Kriesi、Koopmans、Duyvendak 和 Giugni (1995) 提出的跨国扩散模型，展示福岛国际核灾难如何影响 Koodankulam 的反核运动。它考察了国际灾难对反核运动的影响及其随后在抗议事件和组织轨迹方面的扩张。它还描述了这个反核问题的新参与者和参与者。研究问题通过档案、传单、未发表的文件和半结构式访谈来解决。我认为，信息的传播和国内机会帮助反核团体建立了一个抗议营地，提供了人为的脆弱性。这引发了一些中观和微观层面的社会运动组织和政党加入反核运动，导致组织层面的扩张和联盟的形成。此外，新加入的社会运动组织和政党的参与动员有助于该运动扩大其抗议活动并导致争论程度的增加。该研究有助于研究反核运动和跨国扩散。