Toxic Injustice - A Transnational History of Exposure and Struggle

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-520-27898-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950s to target wormlike, soil-dwelling creatures called nematodes. Despite signs that the chemical was dangerous, it was widely used in U.S. agriculture and on Chiquita and Dole banana plantations in Central America. In the late 1970s, DBCP was linked to male sterility, but an uneven regulatory process left many workers—especially on Dole’s banana farms—exposed for years after health risks were known.

Susanna Rankin Bohme tells an intriguing, multilayered history that spans fifty years, highlighting the transnational reach of corporations and social justice movements. Toxic Injustice links health inequalities and worker struggles as it charts how people excluded from workplace and legal protections have found ways to challenge power structures and seek justice from states and transnational corporations alike.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bohme, Susanna Rankin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Roots of Optimism and Anxiety
2. DBCP on the Farm
3. Unequal Exposures
4. An Inconvenient Forum?
5. Making a Movement
6. National Law, Transnational Justice?
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Susanna Rankin Bohme is Lecturer in History and Literature at Harvard University.