Environmental justice in Latin America : problems, promise, and practice / David V. Carruthers, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carruthers, David V.

Series:

Urban and industrial environments.

Urban and industrial environments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice--Latin America.

Environmental justice.

Environmental justice--Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Issues of environmental justice form an important part of popular environmental movements in many countries. This work investigates the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that exaime both the promise and the limits of the movement.

Contents:

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, Mexico6 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09941-8

9786612099410

0-262-26995-3

1-4356-3305-9

OCLC:

213362840

Publisher Number:

9786612099410