The politics and reality of environmental justice : a history and considerations fo public administratiors and policy makers
By: BOWEN, William M
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Contributor(s): WELLS, Michael.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, nov./dec.2002Public Administration Review: PAR 62, 6, p. 688-698Abstract: This article provides a short history of the environmental justice movement in the United States and discusses four dominant problems in environmental justice discourse. It also will discuss three other aspects of the environmental discourse: weak empirical research; the failure to recognize the distinction between hazard and risk; and the possibility that environmental justice is more about fear, blame, procedural inclusion, and power politics than it is about public health in minority and low-income communities. More rational mechanisms for managing the issue would better serve the ideal of democracy, giving society a better chance of solving public health problems in minority and low-income communities
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This article provides a short history of the environmental justice movement in the United States and discusses four dominant problems in environmental justice discourse. It also will discuss three other aspects of the environmental discourse: weak empirical research; the failure to recognize the distinction between hazard and risk; and the possibility that environmental justice is more about fear, blame, procedural inclusion, and power politics than it is about public health in minority and low-income communities. More rational mechanisms for managing the issue would better serve the ideal of democracy, giving society a better chance of solving public health problems in minority and low-income communities
Public Administration Review PAR
November/December 2002 Volume 62 Number 6
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