Environment/Equity: Tensions in North American Politics

Throughout the past 30 years there has been a perception of tension between social equity objectives and the agenda of environmental politics. This tension has arisen in many forms and arenas: on a social class basis, on a gender basis, and on a racial basis; regarding jobs, regarding health, and re...

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Published inPolicy studies journal Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 672 - 686
Main Authors Paehlke, Robert, Vaillancourt Rosenau, Pauline
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1993
Policy Studies Organization
University of Illinois
Subjects
Canada
Economics
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental policy
Environmental Politics
Environmental Protection
Equality
Equity
North America
Political aspects
Political Factors
Politics
Relationship
Social classes
Social conditions & trends
Social inequalities
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOCIAL POLICY
Social status
Tension
United States
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
North America
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Summary:Throughout the past 30 years there has been a perception of tension between social equity objectives and the agenda of environmental politics. This tension has arisen in many forms and arenas: on a social class basis, on a gender basis, and on a racial basis; regarding jobs, regarding health, and regarding competition for governmental funding. At the base, however, many of the tensions are as much perceived as real. There is more basis far common purpose between these several social movements and objectives than is ordinarily perceived.
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ISSN:0190-292X
1541-0072
DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb02165.x