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Slow harms and citizen action : environmental degradation and policy change in Latin American cities / Veronica Herrera.
Series: Studies in comparative energy and environmental politics: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197669068.Subject(s): Urban pollution -- Latin America | Environmentalism -- Latin America -- Citizen participation | Environmental degradation -- Latin America | Water -- Pollution -- Latin America | Community organization -- Latin America | Environment and Ecology | The environmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197669020DDC classification: 363.73098 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Chronicles the struggle against toxic exposure in urban Latin America. By examining cities in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru, Veronica Herrera shows how local movements fighting for pollution remediation can ally with resourced outsiders for impactful change. Moreover, Herrera illustrates how the most successful environmental movements occurred in settings where established human rights movements had previously helped dismantle state-sponsored militarized violence.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronicles the struggle against toxic exposure in urban Latin America. By examining cities in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru, Veronica Herrera shows how local movements fighting for pollution remediation can ally with resourced outsiders for impactful change. Moreover, Herrera illustrates how the most successful environmental movements occurred in settings where established human rights movements had previously helped dismantle state-sponsored militarized violence.
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