Books in the Work, Health and Environment Series series

Addresses the politics of recognition in case studies of the long-haul trucking industry, repetitive strain injuries, and lung disease in miners. This text considers the politics of response in studies of a factory fire, the loss of an offshore oilrig, lung disease among miners, a mine explosion, and the prosecution of health and safety offences.

Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union. This book considers what supports are necessary to secure the implementation of these strategies and is particularly concerned with the role of chemical product supply as envisaged by REACH.

This book explores the impacts of HIV/AIDS and neoliberal globalization on the occupational health of public sector hospital nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Presents a story of the 50-year struggle for recognition in the US of this pernicious occupational disease. This title explores three instances from the 1930s to the 1960s in which evidence suggested the existence of brown lung in the mills, yet nothing was done.

This study of working conditions in shoemaking in the informal sector in Indonesia and the Philippines, along with their gender dimensions and national and international policy implications, is based on the author''s experience in both countries during 2002, with applied qualitative research techniques: in-depth interviews and worksite visits. Intended audience: Occupational and environmental health policymakers, practitioners, and researchers; work environment specialists at international organizations; chemical safety specialists; footwear industry representatives; trade unions representing footwear employees.

Northern Exposures is an important and thought-provoking book that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable vision for the future.

Describes why and how applied research carried out in a national public health program sometimes influenced program action in the field-and sometimes did not. This title presents and analyses a number of case studies to draw some practical lessons and to provide a theoretical basis for future program action.

Based on research and projects in the field, the perspective of this book is that long-term, sustainable social and economic development requires strategies geared to the scientific, technical, cultural, and environmental aspects of development. The chapters illustrate the different ways in which universities pursue education for sustainability.

Comparative analyses of social actors and policy outcomes in Bahia and Texas show the similarities and differences in the actors and the policies. The author makes recommendations for stronger international solidarity among progressive forces in developed and developing countries to promote preventive alternatives to pollution control.

Sustainable product design is more than eco design: it goes beyond 'green' to consider the work environment, community impacts, consumer health, and economic viability, as well as environmental attributes. This book explores the concept of sustainable product design in the context of the global doll-making industry.

Locates workers' health and safety problems in the broad political economy. This title argues that without a deep understanding of the social/political/economic context of particular industries or workplaces, we cannot fully grasp the process of recognition and control of industrial hazards.

Collecting many papers, this work provides insights into the life and work of the scientists and social activist.

The Toxic Schoolhouse is a collection of articles on chemical hazards endangering students, teachers, and staff in the education system of the United States and Canada.

Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union. This book considers what supports are necessary to secure the implementation of these strategies and is particularly concerned with the role of chemical product supply as envisaged by REACH.

Northern Exposures' is an important and thought-provoking book that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable vision for the future

Sustainable product design is more than eco design: it goes beyond 'green' to consider the work environment, community impacts, consumer health, and economic viability, as well as environmental attributes. This book explores the concept of sustainable product design in the context of the global doll-making industry.

Addresses the politics of recognition in case studies of the long-haul trucking industry, repetitive strain injuries, and lung disease in miners. This text considers the politics of response in studies of a factory fire, the loss of an offshore oilrig, lung disease among miners, a mine explosion, and the prosecution of health and safety offences.

Describes why and how applied research carried out in a national public health program sometimes influenced program action in the field-and sometimes did not. This title presents and analyses a number of case studies to draw some practical lessons and to provide a theoretical basis for future program action.

Locates workers' health and safety problems in the broad political economy. This title argues that without a deep understanding of the social/political/economic context of particular industries or workplaces, we cannot fully grasp the process of recognition and control of industrial hazards.

Based on research and projects in the field, the perspective of this book is that long-term, sustainable social and economic development requires strategies geared to the scientific, technical, cultural, and environmental aspects of development. The chapters illustrate the different ways in which universities pursue education for sustainability.

Offers a historical account of the profound economic collapse of the Connecticut River Valley region, focusing on Bosch, its workers, and its union. This book describes how the US, in a ten-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, went from being the world's leading exporter of machine tools to its leading importer.

During the 1970s and 1980s, a hazardous waste management industry emerged in the US, driven by government and polluting industry responses to a hazardous waste crisis. This title presents a history of labor's success on the coattails of the environmental movement and in the middle of a rightward shift in US politics.