Our Backyard A Quest for Environmental Justice

This collection of essays by local activists and nationally recognized scholars deals with the history, status, and dilemmas of environmental justice. These essays provide a comprehensive overview of social and political aspects associated with environmental injustices in minority and poor communities. It will provide a solid platform for dialogue between activists and policymakers or between teachers and students.

Preface

vii

Introduction

ix

Gerald R. Visgilio and Diana M. Whitelaw

Part I: Environmental Hazards in Poor and Minority Communities

1 History and Issues of the Environmental Justice Movement

3

(22)

Bunyan Bryant

2 Environmental Justice and the Social Determinants of Health

25

(14)

Virginia Ashby Sharpe

3 Green Imperialism: Indigenous People and Conservation of Natural Environments

39

(22)

Manuel Lizarralde

Part II: Empirical Research and Methodological Challenges

4 Burning and Burying in Connecticut: Are Regional Solutions to Solid Waste Disposal Equitable?

61

(22)

Timothy Black and John A. Stewart

5 Risky Business? Relying on Empirical Studies to Assess Environmental Justice

83

(24)

Pamela R. Davidson

Part III: Responses to Environmental Injustices

6 Syndrome Behavior and the Politics of Environmental Justice

107

(18)

Harvey L. White

7 Confronting Environmental Injustice in Connecticut

125

(14)

Mark Mitchell, Cynthia R. Jennings, and James Younger

8 For the People: American Indian and Hispanic Women in New Mexico's Environmental Justice Movement

139

(22)

Diane Michele Prindeville

Part IV: Prospects for the Future

9 In Pursuit of Healthy and Livable Communities

161

(20)

Estelle Bogdonoff, Kathleen Cooper McDermott, and Kenny Foscue

10 Three Political Problems for Environmental Justice

181

(12)

Christopher H. Foreman Jr.

Bibliography

193

(14)

Index

207

(12)

About the Contributors

219

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Our Backyard A Quest for Environmental Justice

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