Synopses & Reviews
In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.
The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are:
the history of the social justice movement the role of the professional in working with community groups methods of dealing with environmental problems at the international level participatory national policy for environmental education, energy, industrial development, and housing and sustainable developmen.Contributors include Robert Bullard, Deeohn Ferris, Tom B.K. Goldtooth, David Hahn-Baker, Beverly Wright, Ivette Perfecto, Patrick West, and others.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-267) and index.
About the Author
Bunyan Bryant is professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, and adjunct professor in the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.