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Environmental justice : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton
| Environmental justice : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton |
| Autore | Newton David E. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, California ; ; Denver, Colorado ; ; Oxford, England : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7 |
| Collana | Contemporary World Issues |
| Soggetto topico |
Distributive justice
Environmental justice - Social aspects Civil rights |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-84972-882-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""1 Background and History""; ""Warren County, North Carolina: September 15, 1982""; ""Environmental Inequities, Environmental Racism, and Environmental Justice""; ""Examples of Environmental Inequities""; ""West Dallas, Texas""; ""Churchrock, New Mexico""; """"Cancer Alley""""; ""Pesticide Exposure""; ""Consumption of Toxic Fish from the Detroit River""; ""Proposed Select Steel Corporation Plant (Flint, Michigan)""; ""Sweet Valley and Cobb Town, Alabama""; ""West Harlem Environmental Action and Diesel Buses""
""Southern Nuclear Operating Company""""Environmental Justice: Environmentalism and Civil Rights""; ""The Modern Environmental Movement""; ""The Civil Rights Movement""; ""Environmental Justice Comes of Age""; ""The Commission on Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ""; ""The Michigan Conference""; ""Governmental Recognition in the 1990s""; ""First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit""; ""Environmental Justice as a Social Movement""; ""Growth and Challenges""; ""References""; ""2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions"" ""Do Environmental Inequities Actually Exist?""""Progress and Environmental Degradation""; ""NIMBY, PIBBY, and LULUs""; ""Concerns about Environmental Issues among People of Color""; ""Access to Tools of Protest""; ""Job Blackmail""; ""The Effects of Environmental Regulations""; ""Environmental Inequities: By Chance or By Choice?""; ""The Legal Question of ""Intent"" in Environmental Inequities""; ""Responding to Environmental Inequities""; ""The Current Status of the Environmental Justice Movement in the United States""; ""Environmental Inequities Exist"" ""Federal, State, Regional, and Local Governmental Agencies Have a Responsibility to Find, Study, and Deal with Cases of Environmental Inequities""""The Federal Government Has Not Been a Strong Advocate for Environmental Justice""; ""Complaints Filed with the EPA Have Not Been an Effective Means of Dealing with Environmental Inequities""; ""Environmental Justice Advocates Have Largely Failed to Obtain Redress from Inequities through the Judicial System""; ""The U.S. Congress Has Failed to Take Action on Basic Environmental Justice Legislation"" ""Environmental Justice Activists Have Learned to Use a Combination of Tools for Achieving Their Goals""""References""; ""3 Worldwide Perspective""; ""Environmental Inequities Worldwide""; ""Mineral Extraction in Papua New Guinea""; ""Environmental Discrimination against the Roma in Central Europe""; ""Ecotourism and the Maasai""; ""The Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak""; ""Thor Chemicals and Mercury ""Recycling""""; ""The Voyage of the Khian Sea""; ""A Background for the Transboundary Dumping of Hazardous Wastes""; ""The Basel Convention""; ""Other Treaties and Bans"" ""Environmental Justice and Climate Change"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459561603321 |
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| Santa Barbara, California ; ; Denver, Colorado ; ; Oxford, England : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Science and political controversy : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton
| Science and political controversy : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton |
| Autore | Newton David E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, California : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
| Collana | Contemporary World Issues |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Political aspects
Science and state - History Science - Political aspects - United States Science and state - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78539-938-1
1-61069-320-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY; Greek Science in Decline; The Rise of Modern Science; What Is Science?; The Organization of Science; What Is the Purpose of Science?; The Industrial Revolution; The French Revolution; The Origins of Science in America; The Growth of Basic Research in the United States; Science and Politics in the Mid-20th Century; The Soviet Union; Nazi Germany; Great Britain; Conclusion; 2 PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS; Galileo Revisited: The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer; The Science behind the Politics; Reaction in the United States
Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and ReactionThe Space Race and the Apollo Program; Big Science, Little Science; The Superconducting Super Collider; The Strategic Defense Initiative; Science Interruptus; The Evils of Marijuana,; Issues of Human Sexuality; Abstinence-Only Education; Plan B; Global Climate Change; Conclusion; 3 PERSPECTIVES; Introduction; The Politics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Sandy Becker; Kitzmiller v. Dover in Focus, Glenn Branch; Science Is Not a Liberal Conspiracy, Allan B. Cobb; Rowland's Recipe for Climate Treaty Success, Joel Grossman The Evolving Dispute over Teaching Darwinism, Phill JonesA Satellite Launches More Controversy; Antievolutionists Struggle to Adapt Tactics; The Politics of Genetically Modified Foods, Bill Loftus; Science, Politics, and High Energy Physics, Michael Perricone; Lysenko's Revenge: Science, Politics, and Hot Rhetoric, John Galbraith Simmons; The Corruption of Climate Science by Leftist Politics, A. J. Smuskiewicz; Oil and Water-The Political Mix of the 21st Century, Lana Straub; 4 PROFILES; Introduction; Todd Akin (1947-); American Association for the Advancement of Science Jonathan Beckwith (1935-)Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science; Teresa Stanton Collett; Federation of American Scientists; Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911); Government Accountability Project; Edward R. Korman (1942-); Philipp Lenard (1862-1947); John Marburger (1941-2011); National Academy of Sciences; National Center for Science Education; Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE); Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Ronald Reagan (1911-2004); Eugenie C. Scott (1945-); Kathleen Sebelius (1948-); B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) Union of Concerned Scientists5 DATA AND DOCUMENTS; Introduction; Data; Table 5.1: Impact of Abstinence-Only Education Programs on Behavior; Table 5.2: Survey of FDA Scientists. Percent of Scientists Expressing Each Opinion on Each Question; Documents; The Republic, by Plato (ca. 389 BCE); Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989; Abortion and Breast Cancer Legislation (1990s); Politics and Science in the Federal Government (2003); Gil Garcetti, et al., Petitioners v. Richard Ceballos , 547 U.S. 410 (2006); Politicization of the Surgeon General's Office (2007) In the Matter of Julie MacDonald (2008) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458293103321 |
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Newton David E.
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| Santa Barbara, California : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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