Work, Health and Environment Series
Labor-environmental Coalitions: Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region
1st Edition
By Thomas Estabrook, Charles Levenstein, John Wooding
January 03, 2019
In 1984, the oil, chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coalitions with local environmentalists as well as international solidarity from environmental and religious...
Dependent Convergence: The Struggle to Control Petrochemical Hazards in Brazil and the United States
1st Edition
By Carlos Siqueira
December 19, 2018
Comparative analyses of social actors and policy outcomes in Bahia and Texas show the similarities and differences in the actors and the policies adopted in each case. As a result of historical and structural developments in Bahia and Texas, Cetrel operates under pollution-control standards and ...
Beyond Child's Play: Sustainable Product Design in the Global Doll-making Industry
1st Edition
Edited
By Sally Edward
March 29, 2017
Sustainable product design is more than eco design: it goes beyond 'green' to consider the work environment, community impacts, consumer health, and economic viability, as well as environmental attributes. "Beyond Child's Play" explores the concept of sustainable product design in the context of ...
Shoes, Glues and Homework: Dangerous Work in the Global Footwear Industry
1st Edition
By Pia Markkanen, Charles Levenstein, Robert Forrant, John Wooding
March 29, 2017
This book describes working conditions in informal sector shoemaking in Indonesia and the Philippines, their national and international policy implications. It provides information on glues, an organic solvent, found in footwear chemicals and women garment homeworkers in Bulacan....
The Cotton Dust Papers: Science, Politics, and Power in the "Discovery" of Byssinosis in the U.S
1st Edition
By Charles Levenstein, Gregory Delaurier, Mary Lee Dunn
March 29, 2017
"The Cotton Dust Papers" is the story of the 50-year struggle for recognition in the U.S. of this pernicious occupational disease. The authors contend that byssinosis could have and should have been recognized much sooner, as a great deal was known about the disease as early as the 1930s. Using ...
Who is Nursing Them? It is Us: Neoliberalism, HIV/AIDS, and the Occupational Health and Safety of South African Public Sector Nurses
1st Edition
By Jennifer Zelnick, Charles Levenstein, Robert Forrant, John Wooding
March 29, 2017
This book explores the impacts of HIV/AIDS and neoliberal globalization on the occupational health of public sector hospital nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The story of South African public sector nurses provides multiple perspectives on the HIV/AIDS epidemic-for a workforce that played a ...
Within Reach?: Managing Chemical Risks in Small Enterprises
1st Edition
By David Walters
March 29, 2017
Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union. This book considers what supports are necessary to secure the implementation of these strategies and is particularly concerned with the role of chemical product supply as ...
At the Point of Production: The Social Analysis of Occupational and Environmental Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles Levenstein
February 06, 2017
"At the Point of Production", a compilation of contributions to "New Solutions Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health Policy", locates workers' health and safety problems in the broad political economy. It argues that without a deep understanding of the social/political/economic context ...
Inside and Out: Universities and Education for Sustainable Development
1st Edition
By Robert Forrant, Linda Silka
February 06, 2017
Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad activities, maintain its academic integrity, and have a transformative impact off campus? And, who ought to participate in the conversations that frame and guide both...
Northern Exposures: A Canadian Perspective on Occupational Health and Environment
1st Edition
By David Bennett, Charles Levenstein, Robert Forrant, John Wooding
February 06, 2017
'Northern Exposures' is an important and thought-provoking book that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable vision for the future. Dave Bennett's knowledge and commitment shine through. He is, by turns, the skeptical ...
Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response
1st Edition
By Eric Tucker
December 07, 2016
Every day, workers are injured, made ill, or killed on the job. Most often, workers experience these harms individually and in isolation. Particular occurrences rarely attract much public attention beyond, perhaps, a small paragraph in the local newspaper. Instead, these events are normalized. This...
Business, Environment, and Society: Themes and Cases
1st Edition
By Vesela Veleva, Charles Levenstein, John Wooding, John Forrant
November 30, 2014
This book blends theory and practice to support courses in corporate social responsibility (CSR), business and society, and environmental management and sustainability. Based on her extensive work with companies, the author offers engaging readings and teaching cases that address key challenges for...