TY - JOUR
T1 - The politics of illegal dumping
T2 - An environmental justice framework
AU - Pellow, David
PY - 2004/12/1
Y1 - 2004/12/1
N2 - Studies of the intersection between environmental hazards and community demographics have concluded that environmental inequality is prevalent in communities across the United States. While these studies offer persuasive indicators of environmental inequality, we still have little understanding of the social forces involved in the production of these unequal outcomes. Drawing on a case study of a community of color facing illegal dumping, I propose an environmental justice framework to explain the social dynamics that produced this outcome.
AB - Studies of the intersection between environmental hazards and community demographics have concluded that environmental inequality is prevalent in communities across the United States. While these studies offer persuasive indicators of environmental inequality, we still have little understanding of the social forces involved in the production of these unequal outcomes. Drawing on a case study of a community of color facing illegal dumping, I propose an environmental justice framework to explain the social dynamics that produced this outcome.
KW - Environmental inequality
KW - Environmental justice
KW - Environmental racism
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U2 - 10.1023/B:QUAS.0000049245.55208.4b
DO - 10.1023/B:QUAS.0000049245.55208.4b
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:23944490238
SN - 0162-0436
VL - 27
SP - 511
EP - 525
JO - Qualitative Sociology
JF - Qualitative Sociology
IS - 4
ER -