From the Ground Up : Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement.

When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism--the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities--gained unprecedented reco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Luke
Otros Autores: Foster, Sheila
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2000.
Colección:Critical America.
Temas:
Environmental justice > United States.
Environmental policy > United States.
Minorities > Political activity > United States.
Justice environnementale > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Minorités > Activité politique > États-Unis.
LAW > Environmental.
Environmental justice
Environmental policy
Minorities > Political activity
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the Ground Up
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: A History of the Environmental Justice Movement
  • Chapter 2: The Political Economy of Environmental Racism
  • Chapter 3: Environmental Racism
  • Chapter 4: Buttonwillow
  • Chapter 5: Processes of Struggle
  • Chapter 6: In Defense of Mother Earth
  • Chapter 7: Transformative Politics
  • Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies and Articles That Document and Describe the Disproportionate Impact of Environmental Hazards by Race and Income
  • Notes
  • Index

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