Environment/Equity

Tensions in North American Politics

Bibliographic Data

ID6329352
AuthorsRobert Paehlke (ECW Press (Canada)), Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau
Year1993
Volume21
Issue4
Pages672-686
Publication date1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb02165.x
OpenAlexW1976609328
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

Throughout the past 30 years there has been a perception of tension between social equity objectives and the agenda of environmental politics. This tension has arisen in many forms and arenas: on a social class basis, on a gender basis, and on a racial basis; regarding jobs, regarding health, and regarding competition for governmental funding. At the base, however, many of the tensions are as much perceived as real. There is more basis far common purpose between these several social movements and objectives than is ordinarily perceived

Competition (biology · Equity (law · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social equality · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Human Behavior and Motivation · Law · Psychology

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