Awards

• Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2001
• Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2001.

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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 scepticism 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 decision makers, based on the book's findings. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.

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James Lester is professor of political science at Colorado State University and the 1999-2000 Fulbright Distinguished Chair of the American Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin. David Allen is associate professor of Political Science at Colorado State University. Kelly Hill is affiliated with the National Conference of State Legislatures. James Lester is professor of political science at Colorado State University and the 1999-2000 Fulbright Distinguished Chair of the American Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin. David Allen is associate professor of Political Science at Colorado State University. Kelly Hill is affiliated with the National Conference of State Legislatures. James Lester is professor of political science at Colorado State University and the 1999-2000 Fulbright Distinguished Chair of the American Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin. David Allen is associate professor of Political Science at Colorado State University. Kelly Hill is affiliated with the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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