Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice

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Author: David V. Carruthers

ISBN-10: 0262033720

ISBN-13: 9780262033725

Category: Environmental Case Law

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Scholars 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.

Acknowledgments     viiIntroduction: Popular Environmentalism and Social Justice in Latin America   David V. Carruthers     1Environmental Justice in Latin America? Global and Conceptual ChallengesTracing Race: Mapping Environmental Formations in Environmental Justice Research in Latin America   Juanita Sundberg     25Contesting Trade Politics in the Americas: The Politics of Environmental Justice   Peter Newell     49Grassroots Reframing of Environmental Struggles in Brazil   Henri Acselrad     75Industrial Development and Environmental JusticeEnvironmental Conflicts and Environmental Justice in Argentina   Carlos Reboratti     101Waste Practices and Politics: The Case of Oaxaca, Mexico   Sarah A. Moore     119Where Local Meets Global: Environmental Justice on the US-Mexico Border   David V. Carruthers     137Environmental Justice in Mexico: The Penoles Case   Jordi Diez   Reyes Rodriguez     161Land, Resources, and Environmental JusticeEcotourism, Park Systems, and Environmental Justice in Latin America   Michele Zebich-Knos     185Environmental Justice and Agricultural Development in the Brazilian Cerrado   Wendy Wolford     213Popular Protest and Unpopular Policies: State Restructuring, ResourceConflict, and Social Justice in Bolivia   Tom Perreault     239The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico   Katherine T. McCaffrey     263Cultural Politics and the Essence of Life: Who Controls the Water?   Stefanie Wickstrom     287About the Contributors     321Series List     323Index     325