ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the domestic issues raised by MX that had the effect of expanding the arenas of conflict and proliferating the number and types of actors involved in the controversy. It examines the consequences that domestic legislation such as National Environmental Policy Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act has had in extending to more people the opportunities to participate in aspects of procurement decisions. The chapter argues that MX is distinctive in the large scope of the domestic issues and actors it touched; the large number and types of groups that became involved; the total complex of federal and state statutes brought into play; and the confidence with which previously apathetic people addressed the issue. The MX debate was heating up in the Great Basin, over 200 claims by the families of deceased cancer victims had been filed against the government by residents of the area.
