Work, Health and Environment: Old Problems, New Solutions (Democracy and Ecology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572302348 ISBN 13: 9781572302341

Publisher: Guilford Press, 1997

Synopsis

The US is losing manufacturing jobs at an unprecented rate and many companies claim that increased safety or environmental regulations would force them to eliminate still more jobs. This double bind - between job security and occupational safety - has resulted in frequent clashes between organized labour and the growing environmental movement.; This text seeks to find common ground between trade unionists, environmental and community activists, and scientific and medical researchers. It also identifies major health and safety hazards, describes their impact on workers and communities, and surveys a range of possible solutions.

About this title

About the Author

Charles Levenstein, PhD, Professor of Work Environment Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, is editor of New Solutions: A Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health Policy. An economist and leading researcher on social factors in occupational health, especially occupational lung diseases, he has been active in worker and community health and safety education in the United States and abroad.

John Wooding, PhD, is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and Chair of the Department of Regional Economic and Social Development. His research interests include occupational safety and health regulation, regulatory politics, and the politics of environmentalism. He serves on the editorial boards ofCapitalism, Nature, Socialism and New Solutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572302348
• ISBN 13: 9781572302341
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 536
• Editor: Levenstein Charles, Wooding John