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Book Review: Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice

Book Review: Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice 98 Organization & Environment 25(1) van Huijstee, M., & Glasbergen, P. (2010). NGOs moving business: An analysis of contrasting strategies. Business & Society, 49, 591-618. Bio Frank G. A. de Bakker is an assistant professor of strategic management at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Corporate social responsibility, social movement orga- nizations, activism, and institutional change are important elements of his current research. He has published in journals such as Business & Society, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Journal of Industrial Ecology. Harrison, J. L. (2011). Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice. Cambridge: MIT Press. Reviewed by: Nelta Edwards University of Alaska Anchorage, USA DOI: 10.1177/1086026612444440 Despite changes in agricultural industry practices, regulatory action, consumer demand, and public activism, pesticide drift remains a serious environmental problem sickening thousands each year and contributing to long-term health issues for untold numbers. In Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice, Jill Lindsey Harrison uses California’s Central Valley as a case study to examine the responses of four groups trying control pesticide drift because, sur- prisingly, nearly everyone agrees that pesticide drift is a problem. The four groups include the farmers who have the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization & Environment SAGE

Book Review: Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice

Edwards, Nelta
Organization & Environment , Volume 25 (1): 3 – Mar 1, 2012
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98 Organization & Environment 25(1) van Huijstee, M., & Glasbergen, P. (2010). NGOs moving business: An analysis of contrasting strategies. Business & Society, 49, 591-618. Bio Frank G. A. de Bakker is an assistant professor of strategic management at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Corporate social responsibility, social movement orga- nizations, activism, and institutional change are important elements of his current research. He has published in journals such as Business & Society, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Journal of Industrial Ecology. Harrison, J. L. (2011). Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice. Cambridge: MIT Press. Reviewed by: Nelta Edwards University of Alaska Anchorage, USA DOI: 10.1177/1086026612444440 Despite changes in agricultural industry practices, regulatory action, consumer demand, and public activism, pesticide drift remains a serious environmental problem sickening thousands each year and contributing to long-term health issues for untold numbers. In Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice, Jill Lindsey Harrison uses California’s Central Valley as a case study to examine the responses of four groups trying control pesticide drift because, sur- prisingly, nearly everyone agrees that pesticide drift is a problem. The four groups include the farmers who have the

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