The Promise and Peril of Environmental Justice

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Are we environmentally victimizing, perhaps even poisoning, our minority and low-income citizens? Proponents of ""environmental justice"" assert that environmental decisionmaking pays insufficient heed to the interests of those citizens, disproportionately burdens their neighborh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foreman, Christopher H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
Temas:
Environmental degradation > United States.
Environmental policy > United States.
Environmental justice > United States.
Environnement > Dégradation > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Justice environnementale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environmental degradation.
Environmental justice.
Environmental policy.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Are we environmentally victimizing, perhaps even poisoning, our minority and low-income citizens? Proponents of ""environmental justice"" assert that environmental decisionmaking pays insufficient heed to the interests of those citizens, disproportionately burdens their neighborhoods with hazardous toxins, and perpetuates an insidious ""environmental racism."" In the first book-length critique of environmental justice advocacy, Christopher Foreman argues that it has cleared significant political hurdles but displays substantial limitations and drawbacks. Activism has yielded a presidential exe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (207 pages)
ISBN:9780815717379
0815717377

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