Flint fights back : environmental justice and democracy in the Flint water crisis

Flint fights back environmental justice and democracy in the Flint water crisis

An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy. When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pauli, Benjamin J., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : MIT Press 2019.
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
Materias:
Environmental justice > Michigan > Flint.
Political participation > Michigan > Flint.
Water quality management > Michigan > Flint.
Water quality > Michigan > Flint River.
Drinking water > Lead content > Michigan > Flint.
Flint (Mich.) > Environmental conditions.
Flint (Mich.) > Social conditions.
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Justice
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654460606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Flint first : the injustice of the Flint water crisis
  • How did it happen? : two tales of the origins of the crisis
  • Poisoned by policy : the political narrative of the crisis
  • The pro-democracy struggle in Michigan and the pre-history of the water movement in Flint
  • The rise of the water warriors : transforming personal troubles into political action
  • Demanding the impossible : deliberation and activism in the battle over the river
  • The water is (not) safe : citizen science and the science wars
  • From poisoned people to people power : fighting for justice, expanding.

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