New Perspectives on Environmental Justice

New Perspectives on Environmental Justice
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9780813534275
ISBN-13 : 0813534275
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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Environmental Justice by : Rachel Stein

Download or read book New Perspectives on Environmental Justice written by Rachel Stein and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. [This] collection of essays ... pays tribute to the ... contributions women have made in these endeavors. The writers offer varied examples of environmental justice issues such as children's environmental-health campaigns, cancer research, AIDS/HIV activism, the Environmental Genome Project, and popular culture, among many others. Each one focuses on gender and sexuality as crucial factors in women's or gay men's activism and applies environmental justice principles to related struggles for sexual justice. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, the contributors offer multiple vantage points on gender, sexuality, and activism.-Back cover.


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