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Flint Fights Back - (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Benjamin J Pauli (Paperback)

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  • An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality.
  • About the Author: Benjamin J. Pauli is Assistant Professor of Social Science at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.
  • 432 Pages
  • Political Science, Political Process
  • Series Name: Urban and Industrial Environments

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An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.



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An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.

When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality. At the switchover ceremony, the mayor and other officials performed a celebratory toast, declaring "Here's to Flint!" and downing glasses of freshly treated water. But as we now know, the water coming out of residents' taps harbored a variety of contaminants, including high levels of lead. In Flint Fights Back, Benjamin Pauli examines the water crisis and the political activism that it inspired, arguing that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water was part of a broader struggle for democracy. Pauli connects Flint's water activism with the ongoing movement protesting the state of Michigan's policy of replacing elected officials in financially troubled cities like Flint and Detroit with appointed "emergency managers."

Pauli distinguishes the political narrative of the water crisis from the historical and technical narratives, showing that Flint activists' emphasis on democracy helped them to overcome some of the limitations of standard environmental justice frameworks. He discusses the pro-democracy (anti-emergency manager) movement and traces the rise of the "water warriors"; describes the uncompromising activist culture that developed out of the experience of being dismissed and disparaged by officials; and examines the interplay of activism and scientific expertise. Finally, he explores efforts by activists to expand the struggle for water justice and to organize newly mobilized residents into a movement for a radically democratic Flint.



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Flint Fights Back is part sober analysis of the water crisis, part dispatch from the frontlines of the environmental justice movement, and a moving testament to a city's fighting spirit.--American Scholar--

A sadly necessary book putting the activism that emerged during the Flint water crisis into the context of the broader struggle to maintain and protect democracy. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.

--EcoWatch--

[the book provides] a deeper analysis of the activists' movement than has been offered anywhere else.

--East Village Magazine--

The book is a recommended read for environmental movement and policy scholars, comparative politics scholars looking for North American case studies, as well as Americanists looking for an accessible connection to environmental justice scholarship.

--Electronic Green Journal--



About the Author



Benjamin J. Pauli is Assistant Professor of Social Science at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 432
Series Title: Urban and Industrial Environments
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: Political Process
Publisher: MIT Press
Theme: Political Advocacy
Format: Paperback
Author: Benjamin J Pauli
Language: English
Street Date: May 7, 2019
TCIN: 90579057
UPC: 9780262536868
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-9393
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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