Earthly Politics

“O’Rourke shows that even in the context of a poor market-socialist country whose state places the highest priority on attracting foreign investment in manufacturing, community-driven regulation can be surprisingly effective in reducing pollution and other forms of environmental degradation. Another important conclusion of his study that is relevant to both North and South is the critical role that citizen access to information on pollution emission standards and on how local firms compare to others across the country plays in such regulation.”–Frederick H. Buttel, William H. Sewell Professor of Rural Sociology and Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison “Pellow employs the notion of the ‘treadmill of production’ along with theoretical insights from race and ethnic studies to reveal the contradictions and complexities of the urban recycling and waste management economy. With the publication of Garbage Wars, David Pellow has established himself as one of foremost theorists and researchers on environmental inequalities and environmental justice.”–Frederick H. Buttel, William H. Sewell Professor of Rural Sociology and Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is the author of Designs on Nature- Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States and other books and the coeditor of Earthly Politics- Local and Global in Environmental Governance (MIT Press, 2004).

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