Main Title |
The promise and peril of environmental justice / |
Author |
Foreman, Christopher H.
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Publisher |
Brookings Institution, |
Year Published |
1998 |
OCLC Number |
39399418 |
ISBN |
0815728786; 9780815728788; 0815728778; 9780815728771 |
Subjects |
Environmental degradation--United States ;
Environmental policy--United States ;
Environmental justice--United States ;
Umweltpolitik--(DE-588)4078523-3 ;
Umweltrecht--(DE-588)4061643-5 ;
USA--(DE-588)4078704-7 ;
Environmental degradation--United Staes
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
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Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
GE150.F67 1998 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
03/11/2005 |
EJBM |
GE150.F67 1998 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
06/01/2001 |
EJER EPCRA |
GE150.F67 1998 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
03/03/2009 |
EOAM |
GE150.F67 1998 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
03/04/2009 |
ERAM |
GE150.F67 1998 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
08/24/2001 |
ESAM |
GE150.F67 1998 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
12/18/1998 |
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Collation |
x, 191 pages ; 23 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-181) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Challenges -- Foundations -- Involvement -- Health -- Opportunity -- Prospects. The environmental justice movement remains structurally and ideologically unable to generate a focused policy agenda. It refuses to confront politically inconvenient facts about environmental health risks, the severe constraints impeding a grass-roots environmental approach to social justice, and the need to choose between environmental priorities. Ironically, environmental justice advocacy may also threaten the very constituencies it aspires to serve by competing for attention with the many significant health challenges that bedevil minority and disadvantaged populations. Foreman explains how we must sharpen our national dialogue concerning the environmental stakes of these populations and develop realistic public health approaches. |