Garbage wars : the struggle for environmental justice in Chicago /

A study of the struggle for environmental justice, focusing on conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago. In Garbage Wars, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pellow, David N., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
Temas:
Environmental justice > Illinois > Chicago.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago.
Justice environnementale > Illinois > Chicago.
Déchets > Élimination > Aspect social > Illinois > Chicago.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environmental justice
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects
Illinois > Chicago
ENVIRONMENT/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Waste, politics, and environmental injustice
  • A social history of waste, race, and labor, part I: movements, technology, and politics, 1880s-1930s
  • A social history of waste, race, and labor, part II: waste management and waste conflicts, 1940s-2000
  • The movement for environmental justice in Chicago and the United States
  • Working for the movement: recycling labor at the resource center
  • The next evolutionary stage: recycling waste or recycling history?
  • Toward environmental justice.

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