| Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry Contributor(s): Pellow, David (Editor), Sonnenfeld, David (Editor), Smith, Ted (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1592133290 ISBN-13: 9781592133291 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $85.98 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 331.762 |
| LCCN: 2005058007 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.36 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Silicon Valley in California to Silicon Glen in Scotland, from Silicon Island in Taiwan to Silicon Paddy in China, the social, economic, and ecological effects of the international electronics industry are widespread. The production of electronic and computer components contaminates air, land, and water around the globe. As this eye-opening book reveals, the people who suffer the consequences are largely poor, female, immigrant, and minority. "Challenging the Chip "is the first comprehensive examination of the impacts of electronics manufacturing on workers and local environments across the planet. Contributors to this pioneering volume include many of the world's most articulate, passionate and progressive visionaries, scholars and advocates. Here they not only document the unsustainable and often devastating practices of the global electronics industry but also chronicle creative ways in which activists, government agencies, and others have attempted to reform the industryOCothrough resistance, persuasion, and regulation." |