Reclaiming the Environmental Debate: The Politics of Health in a Toxic Culture - Rilegato

Hofrichter, Richard

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0262082845 ISBN 13: 9780262082846

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2000

Riassunto

An expanding array of hazardous substances poses an increasing threat to publichealth. But what makes our society a toxic culture are the social arrangements that encourage andexcuse the deterioration of human health and the environment. Elements of toxic culture include theunquestioned production of hazardous wastes, economic blight, substandard housing, chronic stress,exploitative working conditions, and dangerous technologies. Toxic culture is also a metaphor forthe ways our language, concepts, and values frame debates, ignoring the political conflicts andpower relations that influence public health.Reflecting a diversity of voices and criticalperspectives, the essays in this book range from critiques of traditional thinking and practices tostrategies for shifting public consciousness to create healthy communities. Rather than emphasizepolicy reform, medical advances, and individual behavior, the essays stress the causes of ill healthassociated with the production, use, and disposal of resources and, more important, inequality. Thecontributors include academics, political activists, and artists. Connecting the essays are arecognition of the political and cultural dynamics that influence public health and a commitment toorganize against the powerful interests that perpetuate our toxic culture.Contributors : RobinAndersen, Mary Arquette, Marcy Darnovsky, Giovanna Di Chiro, John Bellamy Foster, Mindy ThompsonFullilove, Robert E. Fullilove, III, Al Gedicks, Richard Hofrichter, Joshua Karliner, CharlesLevenstein, Timothy W. Luke, Rafael Mares, Branda Miller, Mary H. O'Brien, John O'Neal, SheldonRampton, William Shutkin, John Stauber, Sandra Steingraber, Alice Tarbell, John Wooding.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0262082845
• ISBN 13: 9780262082846
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 356