Living beyond the Pale : Environmental Justice and the Roma Minority /

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We find Roma settlements on the outskirts of villages, separated from the majority population by roads, railways or other barriers, disconnected from water pipelines and sewage treatment. Why are some people (or groups) better off than others when it comes to the distribution of environmental benefi...

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Autor principal: Filčák, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social justice.
Romanies > Social conditions.
Environmental justice.
Economic history.
Ecology.
Romanies > Economic conditions.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Justice sociale > Europe.
Justice environnementale > Europe.
Tsiganes > Conditions economiques.
Tsiganes > Conditions sociales.
Social justice > Europe.
Environmental justice > Europe.
Europe.
Europe > Conditions environnementales.
Europe > Environmental conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Environment, Poverty and the Roma; Points of Departure; Setting of the Story; PART I; CHAPTER TWO Environmental Justice and Entitlements; Distribution and Procedures; What Can We Learn from the Justice Struggles?; Central and Eastern Europe; Entitlements: Resources and Control; CHAPTER THREE The Roma of Slovakia; The Past and the Present; New Regime and Old Tricks; Villages and Shantytowns; Situation and Trends; PART II.
  • CHAPTER FOUR Rudňany: A Tale of the Old LiabilitiesThe Village and the People; The Roma in Rudňany; A Story of Contaminated Land; Roma Coping Strategies; Entitlements and Resources; People and the Power; Roma and the Environment; Environmental Injustice; CHAPTER FIVE The Svinka River: People, Water and the Environment; People, Housing and Segregation; Hermanovce; Jarovnice; Svinia; A Tale of Water; Floods; Environment and Coping Strategies; Land, Entitlements and Environmental Justice; CHAPTER SIX A Regional Snapshot Overview; Exposure to Toxic and Waste; Access to Water and Sanitation.
  • Exposure to FloodThe Land: Access and Entitlements; Risks and the People; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN Patterns of Environmental (In)justice; Pattern 1: Exposure to Hazardous Waste and Chemicals; Pattern 2: Vulnerability to Floods; Pattern 3: Differentiated Access to Potable Water; Pattern 4: Discriminatory Waste Management Practice; The Patterns and the Impacts; CHAPTER EIGHT Roma? Not in My Backyard; Economic Interests; Spatial Distance and "Not in My Backyard" Syndrome; Changes in Local Economy; "Beyond the Pale" Construction; Symbolic, Cultural, and Social Capital; Competition and Conflicts.
  • CHAPTER NINE Trends and Reverting the TrendsDoom Scenario: From Competition to Conflict; Optimistic Scenario: From Competition to Cooperation; Short-term Measures: The Key Challenge of Housing; Long-term Opportunities: What is Environmental is Also Economic and Social; Green Employment; From Entitlements and Involvement into Development; Planning, Struggling, and Stakeholders; Living beyond the Pale? Challenges and Conclusions; Annex. Shifts in Approaches; References; Index; Back cover.

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