| The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution Contributor(s): Bullard, Robert D. (Editor), Waters, Maxine (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1578051207 ISBN-13: 9781578051205 Publisher: Counterpoint LLC OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: "A refreshing and timely overview of contemporary environmental justice struggles and the fight against environmental racism around the nation and indeed the world."--Congresswoman Maxine Waters |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
| Dewey: 363.7 |
| LCCN: 2004065349 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.27 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This much anticipated follow-up to Dr. Robert D. Bullard's highly acclaimed Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color captures the voices of frontline warriors who are battling environmental injustice and human rights abuses at the grassroots level around the world, and challenging government and industry. policies and globalization trends that place people of color and the poor at special risk. Part I presents an overview of the early environmental justice movement and highlights key leadership roles assumed by women activists. Part II examines the lives of people living in sacrifice zones--toxic corridors (such as Louisiana's infamous Cancer Alley) where high concentrations of polluting industries are found. Part III explores land use, land rights, resource extraction, and sustainable development conflicts, including Chicano struggles in America's Southwest. Part IV examines human rights and global justice issues, including an analysis of South Africa's legacy of environmental racism and the corruption and continuing violence plaguing the oil-rich Niger Delta. Together, the diverse contributors to this much-anticipated follow-up anthology present an inspiring and illuminating picture of the environmental justice movement in the first decade of the twenty-first century. |