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Title: ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN THE U.S.
MYTHS AND REALITIES
By: James P. Lester, David Allen, Kelly M. Hill
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0813338190
ISBN 13: 9780813338194
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Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Pub. date: 14 November, 2000
Pages: 232
Description: Environmental Injustice in the United States provides systematic insight into the social, economic, and political dynamics of environmental decision-making, and the impacts of those decisions on minority communities. The first part of the book examines closely the history of the environmental justice movement and the scholarly literature to date, with a discussion about how the issue made the public agenda in the first place. The second part of the book is a unique quantitative analysis of the relationship among race, class, political mobilization, and environmental harm at three levels- state, county, and city. Despite the initial skepticism of the authors, their study finds both race and class to be significant variables in explaining patterns of environmental harm. The third part of the book then offers policy recommendations to decisionmakers, based on the book's findings. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.
Synopsis: Environmental Injustice in the United States provides systematic insight into the social, economic, and political dynamics of environmental decision-making, and the impacts of those decisions on minority communities. The first part of the book examines closely the history of the environmental justice movement and the scholarly literature to date, with a discussion about how the issue made the public agenda in the first place. The second part of the book is a unique quantitative analysis of the relationship among race, class, political mobilization, and environmental harm at three levels- state, county, and city. Despite the initial skepticism of the authors, their study finds both race and class to be significant variables in explaining patterns of environmental harm. The third part of the book then offers policy recommendations to decisionmakers, based on the book's findings. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.
Publication: US
Imprint: Westview Press Inc
Prizes: Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2001
Returns: Returnable
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