Garbage Wars - David Naguib Pellow
The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (Urban and Industrial Environments)
KORTE INHOUD
A study of the struggle for environmental justice, focusing on conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago. In Garbage Wars , the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to those who dispose of it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them in the period 1880-2000. What unfolds is a tug of war among social movements, government, and industry over how we manage our waste, who benefits, and who pays the costs. Studies demonstrate that minority and low-income communities bear a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards. Pellow analyzes how and why environmental inequalities are created. He also explains how class and racial politics have influenced the waste industry throughout the history of Chicago and the United States. After examining the roles of social movements and workers in defining, resisting, and shaping garbage disposal in the...
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2004, paperback, pencil notes, good copy [Auteur: Pellow, David Naguib (Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara)] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: MIT Press Ltd] [Jaar: 2004] [Titel: Garbage Wars / The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago]
