EcoPopulism : toxic waste and the movement for environmental justice /
This book reconstructs the growth of a powerful movement around the question of toxic waste, following the issue as it moves from the world of "official" policymaking in Washington, onto the nation's television screens and into popular consciousness, and then into America's neigh...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©1994.
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Colección: | Social movements, protest, and contention ;
v. 1. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book reconstructs the growth of a powerful movement around the question of toxic waste, following the issue as it moves from the world of "official" policymaking in Washington, onto the nation's television screens and into popular consciousness, and then into America's neighborhoods, spurring the formation of thousands of local, community-based groups. Szasz shows how, in less than a decade, a rich infrastructure of more permanent social organizations emerged from this movement, expanding its focus to include issues like municipal waste, military toxics, and pesticides. In its s |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 216 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780816684779 0816684774 |