Overview

This volume is a contribution to the field of environmental studies in South Africa. It should be of interest to environmentalists and to scholars in related fields of study outside South Africa as well. It is a pioneering effort to bring environmental issues into the sphere of human rights at a time when most governments and development agencies in Africa take a predominantly technical and managerial approach to environmental issues.

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Author:   David A. McDonald
Publisher:   University of Cape Town Press
Imprint:   University of Cape Town Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781919713663

ISBN 10:   1919713662
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   17 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Theories of environmental justice - the roots of environmental racism and the rise of environmental justice in the 1990s; power, poverty and marginalized environments; searching for a common agenda - eco feminism and environmental justice in South Africa; race, place and environmental rights - a radical critique of environmental justice discourse. environmental justice in practice - from colonial to community-based conservation; environmental justice and the national parks of South Africa; the fox in the henhouse - mining, communities and the environment; the rule of law - opportunities for environmental justice in the new South Africa democratic legal order; Doublespeak in Durban - mondi, waste management and environmental struggles by the South Durban community environmental alliance; the political economy of dam building and household water supply in South Africa - contesting the effects of the Lesotho highlands water project on Johannesburg township residents; workplace environmental justice - trade unions and the struggle for an ecological platform in South Africa; up against the (crumbling) wall - the privatization of municipal services in South African cities; narratives of environmental justice - people are living here; when gold turns to a nuisance; where you taste in smell; I used to get water from a river; where basic services are only a pipe dream; crippled for life by mercury exposure; living on a wetland; dying for a job; fearing asbestosis.

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