Who Pays the Price?: The Sociocultural Context Of Environmental Crisis (2)

By: Jason Clay and Susan Dawson and Roy Rappaport and Debra Schindler and William Derman and Gregory Button

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Synopsis: Drawing from a Society for Applied Anthropology study on human rights and the environment, Who Pays the Price? provides a detailed look at the human experience of environmental crisis. The issues examined span the globe -- loss of land and access to critical resources; contamination of air, water and soil; exposure to radiation, toxic chemicals, and other hazardous wastes. Topics considered in-depth include: human rights and environmental degradation nation-state struggles over indigenous rights rights abuse accompanying resource extraction, weapons production, and tourism development environmental racism, gender bias, and multinational industry double standards social justice environmentalism The book incorporates material from a wide range of economic and geographic contexts, including case studies from China, Russia, Latin America, the United States, Canada, Africa, and the South Pacific.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 265 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781610913676
Related ISBNs:: 9781559633031
Publisher:: Island Press
Date of Addition:: 04/01/21
Copyrighted By:: Barbara Rose Johnston and the Society for Applied Anthropology
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.