The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution

The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution

The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution

The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution

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Overview

Capturing the voices of frontline warriors who are battling environmental injustice and human rights abuses at the grassroots level around the world, this follow–up to Dr. Robert D. Bullard's highly acclaimed Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color, examines the policies and globalization trends that place people of color and the poor at special risk

Part I of this work presents an overview of the early environmental justice movement and highlights key leadership roles assumed by women activists. Part II examines the lives of people living in "sacrifice zones"—toxic corridors (such as Louisiana's infamous "Cancer Alley") where high concentrations of polluting industries are found. Part III explores land use, land rights, resource extraction, and sustainable development conflicts, including Chicano struggles in America's Southwest. Part IV examines human rights and global justice issues, including an analysis of South Africa's legacy of environmental racism and the corruption and continuing violence plaguing the oil–rich Niger Delta.

Together, the diverse contributors to this essential anthology present an inspiring and illuminating picture of the environmental justice movement that is challenging government and industry in the first decade of the twenty–first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578051205
Publisher: Catapult
Publication date: 10/01/2005
Pages: 414
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Robert D. Bullard is often described as the father of environmental justice. He is the former Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University 2011-2016. Professor Bullard currently is Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy.

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Prefacexv
Acknowledgmentsxix
Introduction1
Part 1A Legacy of Injustice17
1Environmental Justice in the Twenty-first Century19
2Neighborhoods "Zoned" for Garbage43
3Women Warriors of Color on the Front Line62
Part 2The Assault on Fence-Line Communities85
4Living and Dying in Louisian's "Cancer Alley"87
5Environmental Inequity in Metropolitan Los Angeles108
6Toxic Racism on a New Jersey Waterfront125
Part 3Land Rights and Sustainable Development143
7Anatomy of the Urban Parks Movement: Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability in Los Angeles145
8Resource Wars against Native Peoples168
9Tierra y Vida: Chicano Environmental Justice Struggles in the Southwest188
Part 4Human Rights and Global Justice207
10Environmental Reparations209
11Vieques: The Land, the People, the Struggle, the Future222
12Alienation and Militancy in the Niger Delta: Petroleum, Politics, and Democracy in Nigeria239
13Environmental Racism and Neoliberal Disorder in South Africa255
14Addressing Global Poverty, Pollution, and Human Rights279
Appendix APrinciples of Environmental Justice299
Appendix BNongovernmental Organization Language on Environmental Racism303
Notes307
Selected Bibliography359
About the Contributors365
Index373
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