Environmental justice and expert knowledge in the wake of a disaster

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Allen, Barbara L ^a,b  

^a Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste; Hurricane Katrina; Public health; Public science; Public understanding of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847267879     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706069431     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. Allen, Barbara L. (2003) Uneasy Alchemy: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes ( Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ).
2. Allen, Barbara L. (2004) 'Shifting Boundary Work: Issues and Tensions in Environmental Health Science in the Case of Grand Bois, Louisiana', Science as Culture 13 (4). 429-448.
3. Allen, B. L. (2005) 'The Problem With Epidemiology Data in Assessing Environmental Health Impacts of Toxic Sites', in M. M. Aral, C. A. Brebbia, M. L. Maslia & T. Sinks (eds.), Environmental Exposure and Health (Boston, MA: WIT Press). 467-475.
4. Irwin, Alan, Alison Dale & Denis Smith (1996) 'Science in Hell's Kitchen: The Local Understanding of Hazard Issues', in A. Irwin and B. Wynne (eds.), Misunderstanding Science? The Public Reconstruction of Science and Technology (New York: Cambridge University Press). 47-64.
5. Roberts, J. Timmons & Melissa M. Toffolon-Weiss (2001) Chronicles from the Environmental Justice Frontline ( New York: Cambridge University Press ).
6. Toffolon-Weiss, Melissa M. & Timmons Roberts J. (2005) 'Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding Outcomes of Environmental Injustice Struggles', in D. Pellow & R. Brulle (eds.), Power, Justice, and the Environment (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press). 77-90.