Geographies of race and ethnicity II: Environmental racism, racial capitalism and state-sanctioned violence

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 524-533

  Pulido, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental racism; racial capitalism; state violence

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ETHNICITY; PLANNING THEORY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85021775788     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132516646495     Document Type: Article

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