Our Backyard A Quest for Environmental Justice,9780742523623

Our Backyard A Quest for Environmental Justice

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ISBN13: 9780742523623
ISBN10: 0742523624
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-06-05
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This collection of essays by local activists and nationally recognized scholars deals with the history, status, and dilemmas of environmental justice. These essays provide a comprehensive overview of social and political aspects associated with environmental injustices in minority and poor communities. It will provide a solid platform for dialogue between activists and policymakers or between teachers and students.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction ix
Gerald R. Visgilio and Diana M. Whitelaw
Part I: Environmental Hazards in Poor and Minority Communities
1 History and Issues of the Environmental Justice Movement
3(22)
Bunyan Bryant
2 Environmental Justice and the Social Determinants of Health
25(14)
Virginia Ashby Sharpe
3 Green Imperialism: Indigenous People and Conservation of Natural Environments
39(22)
Manuel Lizarralde
Part II: Empirical Research and Methodological Challenges
4 Burning and Burying in Connecticut: Are Regional Solutions to Solid Waste Disposal Equitable?
61(22)
Timothy Black and John A. Stewart
5 Risky Business? Relying on Empirical Studies to Assess Environmental justice
83(24)
Pamela R. Davidson
Part III: Responses to Environmental Injustices
6 Syndrome Behavior and the Politics of Environmental Justice
107(18)
Harvey L. White
7 Confronting Environmental Injustice in Connecticut
125(14)
Mark Mitchell, Cynthia R. Jennings, and James Younger
8 For the People: American Indian and Hispanic Women in New Mexico's Environmental Justice Movement
139(22)
Diane Michele Prindeville
Part IV: Prospects for the Future
9 In Pursuit of Healthy and Livable Communities
161(20)
Estelle Bogdonoff, Kathleen Cooper -McDermott, and Kenny Foscue
10 Three Political Problems for Environmental justice
181(12)
Christopher H. Foreman Jr.
Bibliography 193(14)
Index 207(12)
About the Contributors 219

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