Who Pays the Price?: The Sociocultural Context Of Environmental Crisis

Drawing from a Society for Applied Anthropology study on human rights and the environment, Who Pays the Price? provides a detailed look at the human experience of environmental crisis. The issues examined span the globe -- loss of land and access to critical resources; contamination of air, water and soil; exposure to radiation, toxic chemicals, and other hazardous wastes. Topics considered in-depth include:

• human rights and environmental degradation
• nation-state struggles over indigenous...