Environmental Justice in Latin America : Problems, Promise, and Practice.
Carruthers, David V.
Environmental Justice in Latin America : Problems, Promise, and Practice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (340 pages) - Urban and Industrial Environments Series . - Urban and Industrial Environments Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Popular Environmentalism and Social Justice in Latin America -- I Environmental Justice in Latin America? Global and Conceptual Challenges -- 1 Tracing Race: Mapping Environmental Formations in Environmental Justice Research in Latin America -- 2 Contesting Trade Politics in the Americas: The Politics of Environmental Justice -- 3 Grassroots Reframing of Environmental Struggles in Brazil -- II Industrial Development and Environmental Justice -- 4 Environmental Conflicts and Environmental Justice in Argentina -- 5 Waste Practices and Politics: The Case of Oaxaca, Mexico -- 6 Where Local Meets Global: Environmental Justice on the US-Mexico Border -- 7 Environmental Justice in Mexico: The Peñoles Case -- III Land, Resources, and Environmental Justice -- 8 Ecotourism, Park Systems, and Environmental Justice in Latin America -- 9 Environmental Justice and Agricultural Development in the Brazilian Cerrado -- 10 Popular Protest and Unpopular Policies: State Restructuring, Resource Conflict, and Social Justice in Bolivia -- 11 The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico -- 12 Cultural Politics and the Essence of Life: Who Controls the Water? -- About the Contributors -- Urban and Industrial Environments -- Index.
Scholars and activists investigate the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that illustrate the connections between popular environmental mobilization and social justice in the region.
9780262269957
Electronic books.
GE235.L29E58 2008
363.70098
Environmental Justice in Latin America : Problems, Promise, and Practice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (340 pages) - Urban and Industrial Environments Series . - Urban and Industrial Environments Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Popular Environmentalism and Social Justice in Latin America -- I Environmental Justice in Latin America? Global and Conceptual Challenges -- 1 Tracing Race: Mapping Environmental Formations in Environmental Justice Research in Latin America -- 2 Contesting Trade Politics in the Americas: The Politics of Environmental Justice -- 3 Grassroots Reframing of Environmental Struggles in Brazil -- II Industrial Development and Environmental Justice -- 4 Environmental Conflicts and Environmental Justice in Argentina -- 5 Waste Practices and Politics: The Case of Oaxaca, Mexico -- 6 Where Local Meets Global: Environmental Justice on the US-Mexico Border -- 7 Environmental Justice in Mexico: The Peñoles Case -- III Land, Resources, and Environmental Justice -- 8 Ecotourism, Park Systems, and Environmental Justice in Latin America -- 9 Environmental Justice and Agricultural Development in the Brazilian Cerrado -- 10 Popular Protest and Unpopular Policies: State Restructuring, Resource Conflict, and Social Justice in Bolivia -- 11 The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico -- 12 Cultural Politics and the Essence of Life: Who Controls the Water? -- About the Contributors -- Urban and Industrial Environments -- Index.
Scholars and activists investigate the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that illustrate the connections between popular environmental mobilization and social justice in the region.
9780262269957
Electronic books.
GE235.L29E58 2008
363.70098