Title:
Environmental injustices, political struggles : race, class, and the environment
Author:
Cuesta Camacho, David E. (David Enrique)
Publication Information:
Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1998.
Physical Description:
viii, 232 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The environmental justice movement : a political framework -- The social construction of environmental justice -- 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? -- Environmental justice and the role of indigenous women organizing their communities -- Environmental injustices and traditional environmental organizations : potential for coalition building -- Environmental injustices : examples from Ohio -- Bishigendan Akii : respect the earth -- Environmental ethics as a political choice.
Reading Level:
1520 Lexile.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780822322252
9780822322429
Format :
Book