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2. Agency, affect, and the immunological politics of disaster resilience
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Grove,Kevin (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-04
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Environment & Planning D: Society & Space
- Journal Title Details:
- 32(2) : 240-256
- Notes:
- Critical analysis of participatory disaster resilience programming in Jamaica. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with Jamaica's national disaster management agency, argues that resilience operates through an affective economy of fear, hope, and confidence that enacts an immunitary biopolitics.
3. Environmental justice in Cuba
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Bell,Karen (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- May 2011
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Sage Publications Ltd.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Critical Social Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 31(2) : 241-265
- Notes:
- 'Environmental justice' refers to the human right to a healthy and safe environment, a fair share of natural resources, access to environmental information and participation in environmental decision-making. Some analysts have argued that environmental justice is undermined by the political economy of capitalism. This paper builds on this analysis by evaluating the environmental justice situation in Cuba, a country where there is little capitalist influence. Evidence is based on participant observation and interviews in Cuba, as well as secondary quantitative data. The research findings suggest that Cuba fares relatively well in terms of environmental justice, but still faces a number of challenges regarding the quality of its environment and some aspects of the environmental decision-making process. However, many of its ongoing problems can be attributed to global capitalist pressures.
4. Mapping Social Distance. Ethnic Residential Segregation in a Multiethnic Metro
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- White,Michael J. (Author), Kim,Ann H. (Author), and Glick,Jennifer E. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Nov 2005
- Published:
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Sociological Methods & Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 34(2) : 173-203
- Notes:
- The increasing diversity of immigrant-receiving countries calls for measures of residential segregation that extend beyond the conventional two-group approach. The authors represent simultaneously the relative social distance occupied by a wide array of ethnic groups. The authors find that African/Caribbean groups and blacks were highly clustered and shared common patterns of segregation with other groups.
5. Wider Caribbean Region A Pivotal Time to Strengthen Regional Instruments For Biodiversity Conservation
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lausche,Barbara (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2008
- Published:
- Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Brill Academic Publishers,
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(3) : 499-530
- Notes:
- The countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are linked economically by their trans-boundary living marine resources. The region is facing a continued decline of these resources. Science is improving our understanding of the human contributions to this decline, but national policies and programmes have not kept pace with this understanding. The Caribbean Regional Seas Programme and its Cartagena Convention and Protocols provide the regional legal framework for protection and sustainable management of the WCR's living marine and coastal resources. This article focuses on the Cartagena Convention's Protocol for biodiversity conservation, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife, arguing that governments and organizations need to significantly increase participation in this regional treaty regime to effectively address transboundary environmental challenges.