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Vess, Lora Elizabeth, 1972- |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2008-05-12T18:16:54Z |
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dc.date.available |
2008-05-12T18:16:54Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2007-12 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6195 |
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dc.description |
xv, 277 p. A print copy of this title is available from the UO Libraries, under the call number: SCIENCE TP1180.V48 V46 2007 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This dissertation examines the political, scientific, social, environmental, and health debates surrounding the use of polyvinyl chloride (commonly called vinyl), a plastic many public health advocates and activists contend has a toxic lifecycle with deleterious human and ecological impacts at every stage. Using extensive documentary research and in-depth interviews, I answer a basic question: how and why have major stakeholders politicized PVC in recent decades? I find the strength of the anti-PVC movement lies largely in its broad based constituency: it includes professionals within the health care and green building industries, as well as labor unions and environmental health advocates. However, I raise critical questions about the movement's strategy of situating itself as a market-based movement where limited analysis is given to the greater environmental and health impacts of the health care and building industries as a whole. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Adviser: Gregory McLauchlan |
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application/pdf |
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application/pdf |
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en_US |
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dc.publisher |
University of Oregon |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Sociology, Ph. D., 2007 |
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dc.subject |
Health social movements |
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dc.subject |
Green building |
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Polyvinyl chloride |
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Environmental health |
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Environmental justice |
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Politics |
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Social movements |
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PVC |
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dc.title |
The Politics of PVC |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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