Structural violence and environmental injustice: the case of a US-Mexico border chemical plant

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Morales, Oscar ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a   Collins, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical plant; Ciudad Ju rez; environmental injustice; Mexico; structural violence; transnational; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; MAQUILADORA; MARGINALIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

CHIHUAHUA; EL PASO; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856907944     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.627321     Document Type: Article

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