Faces of Environmental Racism - Confronting Issues of Global Justice

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Laura Westra and Peter S. Wenz - Foreword by Eugene Hargrove - Contributions by Hussein M. Adam; Elizabeth Bell; Robert D. Bullard; Clarice E. Gaylord; R J. A. Goodland; Omari H. Kokole; Bill Lawson; Howard McCurdy; Richard Phillips; Dr. Kristin Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In these essays! 11 scholars and policy experts expose the racial bias masquerading as ecological! demographic and economic reason. For example! racial minorities in the US are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards! and clean-up efforts are scant and slow.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene Hargrove, Laura Wenz Westra, WESTRA LAURA WENZ PETER S
• Assisted by: Peter S. Wenz (Editor), Laura Westra (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.1995
• EAN: 9780847680450
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8045-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy; Studies in Social, Political,; Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education