Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles

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Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): Duke Univ Pr
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Summary

"This book deals with a major policy dilemma that we have only recently admitted exists and focuses on a salient issue that involves not only our physical environment, but basic issues of fairness and justice."--Daniel McCool, University of Utah

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Framework for Analysis
The Environmental Justice Movement: A Political Framework
The Social Construction of Environmental Justice
Environmental Injustices
Race, Class, and Environmental Hazards
Environmental Racism in Southern Arizona? The Reality beneath the Rhetoric
Race for Water? Native Americans, Eurocentrism, and Western Water Policy
The Failure to Provide Basic Services to the Colonias of El Paso County: A Case of Environmental Racism?
Confronting Environmental Injustices
Environmental Justice and the Role of Indigenous Women Organizing Their Communities
Environmental Injustices and Traditional Environmental Organizations: Potential for Coalition Building
Environmental Justice
Environmental Injustices: Examples from Ohio
Bishigendan Akii: Respect the Earth
Environmental Ethics as a Political Choice
Contributors
Index
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