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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Main Author: Fiske, Amelia M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin University of Texas Press 2023
Edition:First edition
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Summary:"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."
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIX, 272 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781477327784
1477327789
9781477327777
1477327770

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