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Book SynopsisRacial 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.
Trade ReviewA 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-Chobanian, University of Arizona, West * Environmental Ethics *
Within the context of civil rights, the book clearly illustrates the role of environmental health and justice. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Part I. Foundations Chapter 2 Decision Making Chapter 3 Environmental Justice: A National Priority Chapter 4 Living for the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice Chapter 5 Just Garbage Part 6 Part II. Racism in North America Chapter 7 Africville: Environmental Racism Chapter 8 Evanston Community and Environmental Racism: A Case Study in Social Philosophy Chapter 9 The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI Chapter 10 Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study Part 11 Part III. Racism in Africa Chapter 12 The Political Economy of the African Environment Chapter 13 Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism Chapter 14 South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women
