Tainted tap : Flint's journey from crisis to recovery /

"After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Katrinell (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Temas:
Drinking water > Contamination > Social aspects > Michigan > Flint.
Drinking water > Lead content > Michigan > Flint.
Public health administration > Michigan > Flint.
Water quality management > Michigan > Flint.
Eau potable > Contamination > Aspect social > Michigan > Flint.
Eau potable > Teneur en plomb > Michigan > Flint.
Santé publique > Administration > Michigan > Flint.
Eau > Qualité > Gestion > Michigan > Flint.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Drinking water > Lead content.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Public health administration.
Social conditions.
Water quality management.
Flint (Mich.) > Politics and government.
Flint (Mich.) > Social conditions.
Flint (Mich.) > Economic conditions.
Michigan > Flint.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Before Evidence of Lead Contamination Surfaced in Flint's Water. Flint during the model cities era: the challenges to community advocacy
  • The ecology of dreams deferred: neoliberalism, wrecker of environments, comes to Flint
  • Turning a cold shoulder: the government's response to citizen complaints about Flint's water
  • A tale of two Flints: conflicts among residents concerning the city's water
  • Part II. After Evidence of Lead Contamination Surfaced in Flint's Water. Lights, cameras, interventions: the Flint crisis in the national spotlight
  • The blame game: a legal circus and public finger pointing
  • Crisis as a daily grind: digging up water pipes whether or not they need to be
  • Conclusion. "Flint ain't fixed."

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