Globalization, Environmental Health and Social Justice
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (833 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415633842 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Scott Frey is Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Social Justice at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA.. R
Including examples from Mexico, China and Bangladesh, they present empirical research on hazardous products and processes from pesticides, cigarettes, and leaded gasoline, to ship-breaking, e-waste and specialist export processing zones. Three case study chapters explore the forces driving these transfers and the adverse socio-economic consequences associated with them. Frey discusses the need for an alternative political strategy of globalization from below, arguing that conventional solutions fail to take into account a world system based on unequal relationships between core and periphery. But, given the lack of infrastructure and regulation necessary to assess and manage these hazards, is it safe? Globalization, Health and Environmental Justice argues that the globalization of hazards puts the health of people in peripheral countries at risk in order to benefit those living in the core countries. Countries in the West regularly export their environmental harms – dumping heavy metals and greenhouse gases, for instance – to countries with (often fast) developing
Scott Frey is Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Social Justice at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA.. About the AuthorR