| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 329 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Urban and industrial environments |
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Urban and industrial environments.
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| Contents |
Tracing race : mapping environmental formations in environmental justice research in Latin America / Juanita Sundberg -- Contesting trade politics in the Americas : the politics of environmental justice / Peter Newell -- Grassroots reframing of environmental struggles in Brazil / Henri Acselrad -- Environmental conflicts and environmental justice in Argentina / Carlos Reboratti -- Waste practices and politics : the case of Oaxaca, Mexico / Sarah A. Moore -- Where local meets global : environmental justice on the US-Mexico border / David V. Carruthers -- Environmental justice in Mexico : the Peñoles case / Jordi Díez and Reyes Rodríguez -- Ecotourism, park systems, and environmental justice in Latin America / Michele Zebich-Knos -- Environmental justice and agricultural development in the Brazilian Cerrado / Wendy Wolford -- Popular protest and unpopular policies : state restructuring, resource conflict, and social justice in Bolivia / Tom Perreault -- The struggle for environmental justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Katherine T. McCaffrey -- Cultural politics and the essence of life : who controls the water? / Stefanie Wickstrom |
| Summary |
Issues of environmental justice form an important part of popular environmental movements in many countries. This work investigates the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that exaime both the promise and the limits of the movement |
| Analysis |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental justice -- Latin America
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Environmental justice -- Caribbean Area
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Environmental justice
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Caribbean Area
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carruthers, David V.
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| ISBN |
9780262269957 |
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0262269953 |
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9781435633056 |
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1435633059 |
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1282099418 |
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9781282099418 |
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9786612099410 |
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6612099410 |
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0262033720 |
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9780262033725 |
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