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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793716703321

Autore

Siqueira C. Eduardo (Carlos Eduardo), <1955->

Titolo

Dependent convergence : the struggle to control petrochemical hazards in Brazil and the United States / / C. Eduardo Siqueira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.], : ROUTLEDGE, 2016

ISBN

1-315-22472-0

1-351-84474-1

1-351-84475-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 267 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Work, health, and environment series

Disciplina

363.6

Soggetti

Petroleum chemicals industry - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Comparative analyses of social actors and policy outcomes in Bahia and Texas show the similarities and differences in the actors and the policies adopted in each case. As a result of historical and structural developments in Bahia and Texas, Cetrel operates under pollution-control standards and technologies for protecting the environment and workers that are similar to those of the GCA. This convergent trend is characterized as dependent convergence between developing and developed countries. The author makes recommendations for stronger international solidarity among progressive forces in developed and developing countries to promote preventive alternatives to pollution control.