Overview
Numerous studies have revealed that the poor disproportionately bear the burden of environmental problems in America today. Issues range from higher levels of poisonous wastes, carbon dioxide, and ozone, to greater than normal incidences of asthma and lead poisoning. The environmental justice movement, which has emerged in working class and low-income African American and Latino communities since the early 1990s, is an effort that is reinterpreting the definition of the environment as where we live, work, and play to connect new constituencies traditionally outside of the postwar environmental movement. Novotny documents this expanding constituency through case studies of four community groups ranging from South Central Los Angeles to Louisiana. Environmental racism is understood as yet another type of discrimination which results in a high incidence of environmental concerns in poorer communities due to what many activists see as discriminatory land use practices, decisions by industry that intentionally locate hazardous wastes in these communities, and the uneven enforcement of environmental regulations by federal, state, and local officials. Community leaders have added environmental causes to their fight against unemployment, impoverishment, and substandard housing. This study explores various attempts to put a halt to illegal practices and to broaden public awareness of the issues involved.
Full Product Details
Author: Patrick Novotny
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.371kg
ISBN: 9780275960261
ISBN 10: 0275960269
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 30 August 2000
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Author Information
PATRICK NOVOTNY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Georgia Southern University. He has published in journals including The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Social Science Computer Review, Law Political Science, Peace and Change, Social Justice, and Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. He is currently working on a study of the history of education and civil rights in the state of Georgia during the early 1940s.
