Environmental justice in South Africa

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Title:

Author:

McDonald, David A. (David Alexander)

ISBN:

9780821414156

9780821414163

9781919713663

Publication Information:

Athens : Ohio University Press ; Cape Town : University of Cape Town Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

xi, 341 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Contents:

What is environmental justice? / David A. McDonald -- Environmental justice, peace, and prosperity / Njongonkulu Ndungane -- The roots of environmental racism and the rise of environmental justice in the 1990s / Farieda Khan -- People are living here / Mpume Nyandu -- Power, poverty, and marginalized environments : a conceptual framework / David Hallowes and Mark Butler -- Dying for a job / Mpume Nyandu -- Searching for a common agenda : ecofeminism and environmental justice / Belinda Dodson -- Living on a wetland / Mpume Nyandu -- Race, place, and environmental rights : a radical critique of environmental justice discourse / Greg Ruiters -- Where basic services are only a pipe dream / Mpume Nyandu -- From colonial to community-based conservation : environmental justice and the transformation of national parks (1994-1998) / Jacklyn Cock and David Fig -- The fox in the henhouse : the environmental impact of mining on communities / Thabo Madihlaba -- When gold becomes a nuisance / Dudley Moloi -- The rule of law : opportunities for environmental justice in the new democratic legal order / Jan Glazewski -- Fearing asbestos / Mpume Nyandu -- Doublespeak in Durban : mondi, waste management, and the struggles of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance / S. (Bobby) Peek -- Where you taste the smell / Mpume Nyandu -- A political economy of dam building and household water supply in Lesotho and South Africa / Patrick Bond -- I used to get my water from a river / Mpume Nyandu -- Workplace environmental justice : trade unions and the struggle for an ecological platform / Peter Lukey -- Crippled for life by mercury exposure / Mpume Nyandu -- Up against the (crumbling) wall : the privatization of urban services and environmental justice / David A. McDonald.

Subject Term:

Environmental justice -- South Africa.

Added Author:

McDonald, David A. (David Alexander)

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Summary

Environmental Justice in South Africa provides a systematic overview of the first ten years of postapartheid environmental politics. Written by leading activists and academics in the field, this edited collection offers the first critical perspective of environmental justice theory and practice in South Africa. Accessible and wide-ranging in its coverage, the book offers a benchmark analysis of the environmental justice movement today as well as an assessment of where it may be headed in the future.
Beginning with a history of the environmental justice movement in the country, the book explores a range of conceptual and practical questions: How does environmental justice relate to issues of marginalization and poverty in South Africa? What are the links between environmental justice and other schools of environmental thought? Is the legal system an appropriate tool for addressing environmental equity? How do race, class, and gender intersect in the South African environmental context?
The second half of the book is a more concrete exploration of environmental (in)justice in the country. These chapters are interspersed with real-life stories of struggles by workers and communities for environmental change. The book is an invaluable resource for South African and international audiences interested in the growing, and increasingly global, environmental justice movement.