Toxic Politics: Responding to Chemical Disasters

by Michael R. Reich

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801499860
• ISBN13: 9780801499869
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Must Read

I have loved this book for years and am surprised no one has reviewed it yet. It's an excellent analysis of toxic contamination in the U.S., Italy, and Japan. I use the opening and closing chapters regularly to teach undergraduates about patterns of "privatizing" and "publicizing" that frequently occur surrounding toxic disasters, as well as how "nonissues" can develop into "public issues" and then into "political issues." Having worked with and lived as an activist in communities with toxic dumps, Reich's analysis is telling for a wide range of pollution controversies well beyond the isolated one-time disaster. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in pollution, social movements, and institutional power.