RACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY - AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE IN THE POLICY PROCESS

Authors
HIGGINS RR
Citation
Rr. Higgins, RACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY - AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE IN THE POLICY PROCESS, Polity, 26(2), 1993, pp. 281-300
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
Polity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323497
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
281 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3497(1993)26:2<281:RAEE-A>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This article examines the disproportionate impact of environmental pol lution on racial minorities, analyzes competing explanations for it, a nd explores the effects of differing modes of power on the development of this issue in the policy process. Looking back over the last quart er century, the author traces the emergence of racial environmental eq uity as a public policy question and poses numerous issues yet to be r esolved.