Faces of Environmental Racism :Confronting Issues of Global Justice - Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy

Faces of Environmental Racism

Faces of Environmental Racism :Confronting Issues of Global Justice - Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy

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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.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780847680450
ISBN10 0847680452
Number Of Pages 300
Item Weight 526 g
Product Dimensions 155 x 236 x 25 mm
Publisher / Reseller Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format hardback
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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 *

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Author's Bio

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.

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