Reckoning with harm: the toxic relations of oil in Amazonia

"The book aims to clarify what it means to be harmed by the petroleum extraction industry and how residents of Amazonia have in fact been harmed. The author critiques legalistic, technocratic definitions of harm, which are routinely used to deny accountability for widespread industry-driven dam...

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1. Verfasser: Fiske, Amelia M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2023
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"The book aims to clarify what it means to be harmed by the petroleum extraction industry and how residents of Amazonia have in fact been harmed. The author critiques legalistic, technocratic definitions of harm, which are routinely used to deny accountability for widespread industry-driven damage and examines the contingencies involved in building an evidentiary base that takes into consideration not only legal documents, scientific studies, and soil samples but also the feel of crude between the fingers, family stories of miscarriages and polluted streams, "toxic tours" arranged for tourists, and political campaigns to call for corporate accountability."
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIX, 272 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781477327784
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