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Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom reported in the news,
Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in the South.
The second edition of this unique volume further explores the ongoing problem of environmental racism. With a new introduction and preface, and new chapters by such experts as Charles W. Mills, Robert Melchior Figueroa, and Segun Gbadegesin, the second edition of
Faces of Environmental Racism carries on the work of the first.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Foreword
Chapter 3 Introduction
Part 4 Foundations
Chapter 5 Decision Making
Chapter 6 Environmental Justice: A National Priority
Chapter 7 Living in the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice
Chapter 8 Just Garbage
Chapter 9 Black Trash
Part 10 Racism in North America
Chapter 11 Africville: Environmental Racism
Chapter 12 The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI
Chapter 13 Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study
Chapter 14 Other Faces: Latinos and Environmental justice
Part 15 Racism in Africa
Chapter 16 Multinational Corporations, Developed Nations and Environmental Racism: Toxic Waste, Oil Exploration and Eco-catastrophe
Chapter 17 Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism
Chapter 18 South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Laura Westra is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Windsor and the author or editor of numerous books, including
An Environmental Proposal for Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994),
Faces of Environmental Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995),
Perspectives on Ecological Integrity (Kluwer),
The Greeks and the Environment (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) and
Technology and Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998).
Bill Lawson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.
