The promise and peril of environmental justice
By: Christopher H. Foreman, Jr.
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Environmental degradation -- United States.; Environmental policy -- United States.; Environmental justice -- United States.
Description: The environmental justice movement remains structurally and ideologically unable to generate a focused policy agenda. It refuses to confront politically inconvenient facts about environmental health risks, the severe constraints impeding a grass-roots environmental approach to social justice, and the need to choose between environmental priorities.

Ironically, environmental justice advocacy may also threaten the very constituencies it aspires to serve by competing for attention with the many significant health challenges that bedevil minority and disadvantaged populations. Foreman explains how we must sharpen our national dialogue concerning the environmental stakes of these populations and develop realistic public health approaches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges; title: Foundations; title: Involvement; title: Health; title: Opportunity; title: Prospects.