Guo, Nan (A.A. 2024/2025) Governing high-tech risk in a risk society: Japan’s Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water discharge as a case. Tesi di Laurea in Crisis communication, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Donatella Selva, pp. 109. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Background and research design. Research context and problem statement. Defining core concepts: boundaries among risk issues, risk controversies and public crises. Literature review and theoretical dialogue. Theoretical foundations: risk society and the social construction of risk. The drivers of controversy: multi-dimensional sources of divergent risk meanings. The governance lineage: from risk governance to public crisis governance. A cross-cutting link: integrating risk communication and crisis communication. Theoretical integration and framework innovation. Analytical framework: mechanisms of risk controversy formation and public-crisis escalation. The overall analytical chain: an evolutionary pathway from risk issue to public crisis. A six-dimensional framework for the formation of risk controversy. From controversy to crisis: a tripartite mechanism of transformation. The paper’s integrated analytical pathway. In-depth case description. The trajectory: from a technical issue to a structured controversy. Research context and problem statement. Mechanism analysis of risk controversy generation through the six-dimensional framework. The generation of a structured risk controversy and its crisis potential. Mechanisms of crisis emergence: from structured risk controversy to public crisis. The knowledge mechanism (uncertainty and evidence contestation): the politics of uncertainty and interpretive deadlock. The trust mechanism (accountability chains and reputational liabilities): systemic distrust and legitimacy erosion. The interest mechanism (cost allocation and spillover consequences): spillover consequences and the politicised entrenchment of controversy. Governance responses: domestic and international policy-tool mixes. Domestic governance: an integrated “decision–regulation–compensation” strategy. International governance: a defensive diplomacy of “verification–communication–friction management”. Governance outcomes assessment and structural dilemmas. Evaluation framework: a five-dimensional lens for governance outcomes assessment. Five-dimensional evaluation: achievements and limits. Implications and governance mechanism design: towards trustworthy governance. A conceptual shift: from “technical compliance” to credibility-oriented governance. Mechanism building: constructing a full-cycle, multi-level governance system.

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Bibliografia: pp. 108-109.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Crisis communication
Thesis Supervisor:	Selva, Donatella
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Polizzi, Giovanni
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2026 15:49
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 15:49
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46236

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