Co-Opting Justice
Transformation of a Multiracial Environmental Coalition in Southern Alabama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18992015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Moberg (0000-0001-8142-892X, University of South Alabama, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-177 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.60.2.7xbev24gtdy0gbdd |
| OpenAlex | W2015266848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
Between 1996 and 1998, plans to construct one of the nation's largest phenol plants near Mobile, Alabama, generated intense local opposition. Mobile Bay Watch, a movement originating among upper-middle-class whites, sought support from a nearby African American community to stop plant construction. In the process, it changed its focus from property values to the public health concerns of low-income residents. Yet, its strategies to encourage minority participation found mixed success. This paper examines how grassroots activists respond to regulatory policies that delegitimate their concerns and to new opportunities arising from federal environmental law, in the process transforming the strategies and claims of their movement
Bay · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental justice · Geography · Grassroots · Middle class · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Public Administration · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards
Power in Movement
Citizen-State Interaction and Technical Controversy
The Selling of the South
The "Environmental Justice" Frame
Social Theory and the Environment
Dumping in Dixie
Earth First! Activism
Activists and Asphalt
Piecing Together Multicultural Community
Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2009 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |