While small communities in Third World countries usually seem at the mercy of central governments and foreign capitalists, local activists can help exploited peoples correct environmental abuses and social injustices and seize control of their own destinies. Kicking Off the Bootstraps is a powerful case history of such an effort. It describes a grassroots activist movement that emerged in the Puerto Rican community of Salinas to counter the poverty and economic dependence experienced by its citizens in the wake of "Operation Bootstrap, " a post-World War II industrial development program. A testimony to one community's efforts to determine its own future, Kicking Off the Bootstraps deals with real issues such as control over productive resources, quality of life, and environmental health. It also extends an examination of community-directed activism to an exploration of policy implications for sustainable development. While this concept is often too vague to be applied to real strategies, the Salinas experience provides a clear idea of what sustainable development can - and should - mean in actual practice.
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"An absorbing story, thoughtful analysis, and informative background to a place whose sobering array of environmental and economic problems is pertinent to all of our lives." --Ethics, Place & Environment"Her study is very important, providing a working definition of sustainable development' that can be beneficial to other countries wishing to reach self-determination." --British Bulletin of Publications"A well-crafted and clearly articulated work that is a welcome addition to the extensive literature on the subject of sustainability." --Annals of the Association of American Geographers"The level of detail in the history of Salinas and in the transformative work by local activists should be of great value to readers who might wish to see how grassroots initiatives progress over time." --Choice (and a Choice outstanding academic book for 1997)
Critical redefinition of sustainable development
I take apart the popular but vague concept of sustainable development. then after presenting a case study of community based alternatives I redefine the concept and consider its implications for real-world practice
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