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Resigned Activism - Living with Pollution in Rural China (Paperback)
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Resigned Activism - Living with Pollution in Rural China (Paperback)
Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
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An examination of the daily grind of living with pollution in rural
China and of the varying forms of activism that develop in
response. Residents of rapidly industrializing rural areas in China
live with pollution every day. Villagers drink obviously tainted
water and breathe visibly dirty air, afflicted by a variety of
ailments-from arthritis to nosebleeds-that they ascribe to the
effects of industrial pollution. "Cancer villages," village-sized
clusters of high cancer incidence, have emerged as a political and
cultural phenomenon. In Resigned Activism, Anna Lora-Wainwright
explores the daily grind of living with pollution in rural China
and the varying forms of activism that develop in response. She
finds that claims of health or environmental damage are politically
sensitive, and that efforts to seek redress are frustrated by
limited access to scientific evidence, growing socioeconomic
inequalities, and complex local realities. Villagers, feeling
powerless, often come to accept pollution as part of the
environment; their activism is tempered by their resignation.
Lora-Wainwright uses the term "resigned activism" as a lens through
which to view villagers' perceptions and the diverse forms of
environmental engagement that result. These range from picketing at
the factory gate to quieter individual or family-oriented actions.
Lora-Wainwright offers three case studies of "resigned activism" in
rural China, examining the experiences of villagers who live with
the effects of phosphorous mining and fertilizer production, lead
and zinc mining, and electronic waste processing. These cases make
clear the staggering human costs of development and the deeply
uneven distribution of costs and benefits that underlie China's
economic power.
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