{"product_id":"environmental-justice-in-latin-america-problems-promise-and-practice-urban-and-industrial-environments-9780262533003","title":"Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems  Promise  and Practice (Urban and Industrial Environments)","description":"\u003cp\u003eScholars and activists investigate the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement  offering analysis and case studies that illustrate the connections between popular environmental mobilization and social justice in the region. Environmental justice concerns form an important part of popular environmental movements in many countries. Activists  scholars  and policymakers in the developing world  for example  increasingly use the tools of environmental justice to link concerns over social justice and environmental well-being. Environmental Justice in Latin America investigates the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement  offering analyses and case studies that examine both the promise and the limits of environmental justice in Latin America and the Caribbeanboth as a rallying point for popular mobilization and as a set of principles for analysis and policymaking. After considering such conceptual issues as the connection between environmental conditions and race  trade  and social justice  the book presents a series of case studies. These studies focus first on industrial development  examining such topics as social tension over megadevelopment projects in Argentina and the concentrated industrial waste hazards of the export assembly plants on the U.S.-Mexico border  and then on the power and politics involved in land and resource use. Other chapters explore ecotourism  inequitable land distribution in Brazil  the ongoing struggle for justice and accountability over the former U.S. Navy bombing range in Vieques  Puerto Rico  and water policy in Chile  Bolivia  and Mexico. Taken together  the analyses and case studies suggest that environmental justicewhich highlights both broader issues of global injustice and local concernsholds tremendous promise as a way to understand and address environmental inequities in Latin America and elsewhere. Contributors Henri Acselrad  David V. Carruthers  Jordi Dez  Katherine T. McCaffrey  Sarah A. Moore  Peter Newell  Tom Perreault  Carlos Reboratti  Reyes Rodrguez  Juanita Sundberg  Stefanie Wickstrom  Wendy Wolford  Michele Zebich-Knos\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651921109045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262533006","price":39.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262533003.jpg?v=1781845296","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/environmental-justice-in-latin-america-problems-promise-and-practice-urban-and-industrial-environments-9780262533003","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}