Faces of Environmental Racism
Confronting Issues of Global Justice
Published on 3. October 1995
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-8476-8045-0 (ISBN)
Description
Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in the South.
Reviews / Votes
A compelling collection . . . [on] a global issue that demands our immediate attention. -- Angela Y. Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz; author of Blues Legend and Black Feminism This wide-ranging collection of essays . . . is vivid and rigorous. -- Bernard Boxill, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Westra and Wenz have provided an invaluable and long overdue anthology in which all essays . . . provide insights not available elsewhere. Faces is accessible, yet challenging, and should be required reading in environmental ethics and policy courses, and would be a valuable supplement in social, political, and ethnic studies courses as well. . . . [and] provides a compelling cultural mirror of environmental injustice from which we cannot turn away. -- Shari Collins, University of Arizona * Environmental Ethics * Within the context of civil rights, the book clearly illustrates the role of environmental health and justice. * Choice Reviews *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-8045-0 (9780847680450)
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Persons
Laura Westra is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Windsor and the author or editor of numerous books, including An Environmental Proposal for Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), Faces of Environmental Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Perspectives on Ecological Integrity (Kluwer), The Greeks and the Environment (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) and Technology and Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). Bill Lawson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.
Peter S. Wenz is professor of philosophy and legal studies at Sangamon State University.
Peter S. Wenz is professor of philosophy and legal studies at Sangamon State University.
Content
Part 1 Part I. Foundations
Chapter 2 Decision Making
Chapter 3 Environmental Justice: A National Priority
Chapter 4 Living for the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice
Chapter 5 Just Garbage
Part 6 Part II. Racism in North America
Chapter 7 Africville: Environmental Racism
Chapter 8 Evanston Community and Environmental Racism: A Case Study in Social Philosophy
Chapter 9 The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI
Chapter 10 Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study
Part 11 Part III. Racism in Africa
Chapter 12 The Political Economy of the African Environment
Chapter 13 Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism
Chapter 14 South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women
Chapter 2 Decision Making
Chapter 3 Environmental Justice: A National Priority
Chapter 4 Living for the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice
Chapter 5 Just Garbage
Part 6 Part II. Racism in North America
Chapter 7 Africville: Environmental Racism
Chapter 8 Evanston Community and Environmental Racism: A Case Study in Social Philosophy
Chapter 9 The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI
Chapter 10 Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study
Part 11 Part III. Racism in Africa
Chapter 12 The Political Economy of the African Environment
Chapter 13 Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism
Chapter 14 South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women