From mourning to environmentalism
A Sicilian controversy about children's deaths, political apathy and leukemia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4301948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gaetano Mangiameli (University of Bologna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1073-0451 • E-ISSN: 1073-0451 |
| Publisher | University of Arizona (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2458/v20i1.21770 |
| OpenAlex | W2777229836 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
From a political ecology perspective, anthropogenic threats to the environment can be understood in terms of a lack of power by local people. By analysing discourses about the spread of leukemia in rural Eastern Sicily, the connection between 'toxic environments' and 'damage to human health' is mediated by a concern about democracy, meaning a condition that is to be attained and refreshed continuously through the active participation of citizens. In this case study, I argue that leukemia becomes a socio-political disease that stems from political apathy
Apathy · Democracy · Disease · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Political ecology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Modernity and its malcontents
Reassembling the Social
Reassembling the Social
The Wet and the Dry
Issue Framing and Citizen Apathy Toward Local Environmental Contamination
The Social Production of Toxic Uncertainty
Introduction
Politics of Nature
Four Genealogies for a Recombinant Anthropology of Science and Technology
Fundamental Causes' of Social Inequalities in Mortality
Complex Adaptive Systems
The repatriation of anthropology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |