 Daniel P. Aldrich, Controversial Project Siting: State Policy Instruments and Flexibility All states struggle to construct controversial facilities that focus costs asymmetrically on local communities while providing benefits to the larger population. The policy instruments employed by state agencies and their plasticity under citizens¡¯ pressure vary widely; some bureaucracies remain wedded to older coercive tools, while others develop new ones that alter citizen preferences. The five books under review address the issue of the state¡¯s handling and management of contentious civil society. They show how authorities relate to opposition and underscore the need to analyze states in terms of flexibility and rigidity, rather than strength or weakness. |