No Environmental Justice Movement in France? Controversy about Pollution in Two Southern French Industrial Towns

Abstract: This paper describes the emergence of a controversy concerning pollution and environmental and health risks in two southern French towns, Viviez and Salindres, which are both known for their long industrial history. It explores some of the reasons why the majority of the local populations resented the fact that the; issues raised were addressed publicly. It also examines some of the coping strategies residents may have developed to avoid talking about risks and to distance themselves from them. It goes on to discuss the differences and similarities in the development of concerns for environmental inequalities in the North American and French contexts, asking, in the manner of Werner Sombart on socialism in the USA at the end of the nineteenth century, why environmental justice is not a strong concern (either as a social movement or frame of analysis) this side of the Atlantic.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: No Environmental Justice Movement in France? Controversy about Pollution in Two Southern French Industrial Towns ; volume:36 ; number:2 ; year:2014 ; pages:287-314 ; extent:28 ; Analyse & Kritik ; 36, Heft 2 (2014), 287-314 (gesamt 28)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Gramaglia, Christelle

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/auk-2014-0206
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171647145.204920248493
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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