Flint fights back : : environmental justice and democracy in the Flint water crisis / / Benjamin J. Pauli.
An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy. When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was...
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| Superior document: | Urban and industrial environments |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : MIT Press,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Urban and industrial environments.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (433 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Flint first : the injustice of the Flint water crisis
- How did it happen? : two tales of the origins of the crisis
- Poisoned by policy : the political narrative of the crisis
- The pro-democracy struggle in Michigan and the pre-history of the water movement in Flint
- The rise of the water warriors : transforming personal troubles into political action
- Demanding the impossible : deliberation and activism in the battle over the river
- The water is (not) safe : citizen science and the science wars
- From poisoned people to people power : fighting for justice, expanding.