The quest for environmental justice

human rights and the politics of pollution

Author: Robert Doyle Bullard
ISBN: 9781578051205

In 1994, Sierra Club Books was proud to publish Dr. Robert D. Bullard's Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color, a collection of essays contributed by some of the leading participants in the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, which focused attention on "environmental racism"--racial discrimination in environmental policymaking and the enforcement of environmental protection laws and regulations. Now, picking up where that groundbreaking anthology left off, Dr. Bullard has assembled a new collection of essays that capture the voices of frontline warriors who are battling environmental injustice and human rights abuses at the grassroots level around the world and challenging government and industry policies and globalization trends that place people of color and the poor at special risk. Part I presents an overview of the early environmental justice movement and highlights key leadership roles assumed by women activists. Part II exa

Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Publish Date: 2005

Subjects: Environmental justice - Political aspects, Environmental justice, Environmental justice/ Political aspects, Human rights, Law / Environmental, Nature / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights, Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Science / Life Sciences / Ecology, Science / Environmental Science, Science / Earth Sciences / Geology

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