The tireless resistance of local communities fighting for ownership of America’s third largest water system.
Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost—including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. Weaving together narratives of frontline activists along with archival data, Michael Mascarenhas provides a powerful exploration of the political alliances and bureaucratic mechanisms that uphold inequality.
Drawing from three years of ethnographic fieldwork in Flint and Detroit, this book amplifies the voices of marginalized communities, particularly African American women, whose perspectives and labor have been consistently overlooked. Toxic Water, Toxic System offers a fresh perspective on the ties between urban austerity policies, environmental harm, and the advancement of white supremacist agendas in predominantly Black and brown cities.
"A must-read for those curious about the ongoing water crisis in Michigan." - Booklist
"Toxic Water, Toxic System brings attention to research on the Flint crisis while adding valuable historical and storytelling context." - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
"Written with a righteous anger that may be off-putting to some, this book innovatively raises significant questions for urban development issues. . . .This stimulating study cannot be dismissed." - CHOICE
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"Toxic Water, Toxic System is a robust scholastic achievement. The Flint Crisis has a theoretically and methodologically rigorous sociological treatment that it has long deserved."
" - Water Alternatives
Формат: Скан PDf
Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost—including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. Weaving together narratives of frontline activists along with archival data, Michael Mascarenhas provides a powerful exploration of the political alliances and bureaucratic mechanisms that uphold inequality.
Drawing from three years of ethnographic fieldwork in Flint and Detroit, this book amplifies the voices of marginalized communities, particularly African American women, whose perspectives and labor have been consistently overlooked. Toxic Water, Toxic System offers a fresh perspective on the ties between urban austerity policies, environmental harm, and the advancement of white supremacist agendas in predominantly Black and brown cities.
"A must-read for those curious about the ongoing water crisis in Michigan." - Booklist
"Toxic Water, Toxic System brings attention to research on the Flint crisis while adding valuable historical and storytelling context." - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
"Written with a righteous anger that may be off-putting to some, this book innovatively raises significant questions for urban development issues. . . .This stimulating study cannot be dismissed." - CHOICE
"
"Toxic Water, Toxic System is a robust scholastic achievement. The Flint Crisis has a theoretically and methodologically rigorous sociological treatment that it has long deserved."
" - Water Alternatives
Формат: Скан PDf
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