Refining Expertise : : How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges / / Gwen Ottinger.

Winner of the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize presented by the Society for Social Studies of Science Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the refinery, they collected scientific data to prove...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press,, [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (236 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. The Battlefront
  • 2. Dangerous Stories
  • 3. Noisome Neighbors
  • 4. From Deliberation to Dialogue
  • 5. Responsible Refiners
  • 6. Passive Revolution and Resistance
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author