Environmental Racism and the Global Political Ecology of Industrial Disasters

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2023-07-30

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Kumar, M. (2023). Environmental Racism and the Global Political Ecology of Industrial Disasters. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 6(2), 197–204. https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v6i2.1043

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Special Section: Political Ecology