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1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : Rhodes examines the issue of environmental justice as a public policy concern and suggests the use of a new methodology in its evaluation. Rather than argue the merits of growth versus environmental protection, he makes the case that race and class were not major concerns of environmental policy until the 1990s. Although the volume deals primarily with the United States, it raises issues of international concern Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index pt. 1. The dynamics of environmental justice -- Introduction -- Forms of environmental justice -- What has gone before: why race was not on the original environmental agenda -- The evolution of environmental justice as a policy issue: a movement whose time has come -- Misconceptions about minority attitudes toward environmental issues --- The EPA: an agency with an attitude -- pt. 2. Policy analysis of environmental justice -- Environmental justice though the lens of policy analysis: why should government get involved? -- The measurement of environmental justice: some rules of engagement -- A new way of looking at the same old numbers: using data envelopment analysis to evaluat

Author

Rhodes, Edwardo Lao, 1946-

Publisher

Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9786612071980

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Political Science