Hoffman Gwen (8 results)

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First edition. Urban and Industrial Environments Series; 306 pages. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities in such mainstream scientific institutions as regulatory agencies and universities, where environmental justice concerns have been (partially) institutionalized as a response to environmental justice activism. All of the chapters grapple with the difficulty of transformation that experts face, but the studies also show how environmental justice activism has created opportunities for changing technical practices and, in a few cases, has even accomplished significant transformations. Cloth bound in fine condition with marker streak on top of page edges.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback--NO CD,DVD,ACCESS CODE--cover shows slight wear otherwise excellent condition.

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Case studies exploring how experts' encounters with environmental justice are changing technical and scientific practice.Over the course of nearly thirty years, the environmental justice movement has changed the politics of environmental activism and influenced environmental policy. In the process, it has turned the attention of environmental activists and regulatory agencies to issues of pollution, toxics, and human health as they affect ordinary people, especially people of color. This book argues that the environmental justice movement has also begun to transform science and engineering. The chapters present case studies of technical experts' encounters with environmental justice activists and issues, exploring the transformative potential of these interactions. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities in such mainstream scientific institutions as regulatory agencies and universities, where environmental justice concerns have been (partially) institutionalized as a response to environmental justice activism. All of the chapters grapple with the difficulty of transformation that experts face, but the studies also show how environmental justice activism has created opportunities for changing technical practices and, in a few cases, has even accomplished significant transformations.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Case studies exploring how experts' encounters with environmental justice are changing technical and scientific practice.Over the course of nearly thirty years, the environmental justice movement has changed the politics of environmental activism and influenced environmental policy. In the process, it has turned the attention of environmental activists and regulatory agencies to issues of pollution, toxics, and human health as they affect ordinary people, especially people of color. This book argues that the environmental justice movement has also begun to transform science and engineering. The chapters present case studies of technical experts' encounters with environmental justice activists and issues, exploring the transformative potential of these interactions. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities in such mainstream scientific institutions as regulatory agencies and universities, where environmental justice concerns have been (partially) institutionalized as a response to environmental justice activism. All of the chapters grapple with the difficulty of transformation that experts face, but the studies also show how environmental justice activism has created opportunities for changing technical practices and, in a few cases, has even accomplished significant transformations.…

Condition: Very Good. Clean and unmarked. [2] pp.; 16.4 x 25.4 cm. (unfolded); black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Double-sided, single-fold invitation for benefit for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press held at Jimmy's, New York City, August 15, 1973. Includes a presentation of the New Times Magazine Award for Investigative Journalism. Sponsors include Richard Aurelio, Warren Beatty, Jimmy Breslin, Truman Capote, Carol Channing, Maxwell Dane, Sid Davidoff, Jules Feiffer, Bruce Jay Friedman, J. Kenneth Galbraith, David Halberstam, Pete Hamill, Mrs. Ernest Hemmingway, George A. Hirsch, Dustin Hoffman, Nicholas von Hoffman, Clarence Jones, Norman Mailer, Eugene McCarthy, Mary McGrory, Robert Motherwell, Stewart Mott, Robert Novak, Arthur Penn, David Picker, Geraldo Rivera, Howard Samuels, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Stephen E. Smith, Morton Sweig, Gwen Verdon and Jon Voight. Recto features Nixon's "Lists of White House 'Enemies' and Memorandums Relating to Those Named," reproduced from The New York Times, June 28, 1973. …