Sale!

Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Amazon.com Price:  $18.99 (as of 19/04/2019 19:49 PST- Details)

Description

A study of the struggle for environmental justice, specializing in conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago.

In Garbage Wars, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to people who do away with it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them in the period 1880-2000. What unfolds is a tug of war among social movements, government, and industry over how we manage our waste, who benefits, and who pays the costs.

Studies demonstrate that minority and low-source of revenue communities bear a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards. Pellow analyzes how and why environmental inequalities are created. He also explains how class and racial politics have influenced the waste industry all the way through the history of Chicago and the USA. After examining the roles of social movements and workers in defining, resisting, and shaping garbage disposal in the USA, he concludes that some environmental groups and people of color have in reality contributed to environmental inequality.

By highlighting conflicts over waste dumping, incineration, landfills, and recycling, Pellow provides a historical view of the garbage industry all the way through the life cycle of waste. Despite the fact that his center of attention is on Chicago, he places the trends and conflicts in a broader context, describing how communities all the way through the USA have resisted the waste industry’s efforts to locate hazardous facilities in their backyards. The book closes with suggestions for how communities can work more effectively for environmental justice and secure, sustainable waste management.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Asia » Japan » General » Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Recent Products