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From the inside out : the fight for environmental justice within government agencies /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrison, Jill Lindsey, 1975- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
Series:Urban and industrial environments.
Subjects:
Environmental justice > United States > Governmental policy.
Environmental policy > United States.
Administrative agencies > United States > Decision making.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Government agencies' environmental justice efforts : review and critical assessment
  • "It is out of our hands" : the standard narrative
  • "We do ecology, not sociology" : staff narratives that undermine EJ
  • Other ways bureaucrats undermine proposed EJ reforms
  • Explaining bureaucrats' resistance to EJ reforms
  • EJ staff members' definitions of environmental justice
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Study design and research methods.