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Environmental Injustice in the United States: Myths and Realities
By James P. Lester, David W. Allen, Kelly M. Hill
232 pages
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- Westview Press
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- Boulder, CO
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- 2001
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Synopsis
Environmental Injustice in the United States provides systematic insight into the social, economic, and political dynamics of environmental decision-making, and the impacts of those decisions on minority communities. The first part of the book examines closely the history of the environmental justice movement and the scholarly literature to date, with a discussion about how the issue made the public agenda in the first place. The second part of the book is a unique quantitative analysis of ...
Environmental Injustice in the United States provides systematic insight into the social, economic, and political dynamics of environmental decision-making, and the impacts of those decisions on minority communities. The first part of the book examines closely the history of the environmental justice movement and the scholarly literature to date, with a discussion about how the issue made the public agenda in the first place. The second part of the book is a unique quantitative analysis of the relationship among race, class, politicalmobilization, and environmental harm at three levels-- state, county, and city. Despite the initial skepticism of the authors, their study finds both race and class to be significant variables in explaining patterns of environmental harm. The third part of the book then offers policy recommendations to decisionmakers, based on the book's findings. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Dedications v
- Contents vii
- Figures and Tables ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
- 1 - Introduction the Nature of the Problem 1
- Notes 7
- 2 - Environmental Injustice Research: Reviewing the Evidence 9
- Notes 18
- 3 - Environmental Justice: Getting on the Public Agenda 21
- Summary and Conclusions 51
- Notes 52
- 4 - Modeling Environmental Injustice: Concepts, Measures, Hypotheses, and Method of Analysis 57
- Summary 73
- Notes 74
- 5 - Environmental Injustice in America's States 79
- Title Page iii
- Dedications v
- Contents vii
- Figures and Tables ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
- 1 - Introduction the Nature of the Problem 1
- Notes 7
- 2 - Environmental Injustice Research: Reviewing the Evidence 9
- Notes 18
- 3 - Environmental Justice: Getting on the Public Agenda 21
- Summary and Conclusions 51
- Notes 52
- 4 - Modeling Environmental Injustice: Concepts, Measures, Hypotheses, and Method of Analysis 57
- Summary 73
- Notes 74
- 5 - Environmental Injustice in America's States 79
- Notes 106
- 6 - Environmental Injustice in America's Counties 113
- Conclusion 129
- Notes 131
- 7 - Environmental Injustice in America's Cities 133
- Conclusion 144
- Notes 147
- 8 - Summary and Conclusions from the Multilevel Analyses 149
- Conclusion 156
- Note 157
- 9 - Existing Federal and State Policies for Environmental Justice: Problems and Prospects 159
- Summary and Conclusion 171
- Summary and Conclusion 171
- 10 - Designing an Effective Policy for Environmental Justice: Implications and Recommendations 173
- Conclusion 187
- Notes 188
- References 189
- About the Authors 203
- Index 205