Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice
An examination of political conflicts over pesticide drift and the differing conceptions of justice held by industry, regulators, and activists.The widespread but virtually invisible problem of pesticide drift—the airborne movement of agricultural pesticides into residential areas—has fueled grassroots activism from Maine to Hawaii. Pesticide drift accidents have terrified and sickened many living in the country's most marginalized and vulnerable communities. In this book, Jill Lindsey Harrison considers political conflicts over pesticide drift in California, using them to illuminate the broader problem and its potential solutions. The fact t…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-262-29788-2
- EAN: 9780262297882
- Produktnummer: 27866488
- Verlag: MIT Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'603 KB
- Abbildungen: 10 B&W PHOTOS, 2 MAPS, 4 GRAPHS
Über den Autor
Jill Lindsey Harrison is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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