Environmental justice in Latin America problems, promise, and practice (MIT Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Tracing race : mapping environmental formations in environmental justice research in Latin America - Juanita Sundberg -- - Contesting trade politics in the Americas : the politics of environmental justice - Peter Newell -- - Grassroots reframing of environmental struggles in Brazil - Henri Acselrad -- - Environmental conflicts and environmental justice in Argentina - Carlos Reboratti -- - Waste practices and politics : the case of Oaxaca, Mexico - Sarah A. Moore -- - Where local meets global : environmental justice on the US-Mexico border - David V. Carruthers -- - Environmental justice in Mexico : the Peñoles case - Jordi Díez and Reyes Rodríguez -- - Ecotourism, park systems, and environmental justice in Latin America - Michele Zebich-Knos -- - Environmental justice and agricultural development in the Brazilian Cerrado - Wendy Wolford -- - Popular protest and unpopular policies : state restructuring, resource conflict, and social justice in Bolivia - Tom Perreault -- - The struggle for environmental justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico - Katherine T. McCaffrey -- - Cultural politics and the essence of life : who controls the water? - Stefanie Wickstrom
Issues of environmental justice form an important part of popular environmental movements in many countries. This work investigates the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that exaime both the promise and the limits of the movement