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ID154720
Title ProperLead-polluted water changed our lives
Other Title InformationAaThai-Karen village’s quest for environmental justice
LanguageENG
AuthorPorath, Nathan ;  Sitthikriengkrai, Malee
Summary / Abstract (Note)At the turn of the millennium, inhabitants of a small Karen village situated in one of Thailand’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites sought access to environmental justice in the Thai courts over industrial pollution that had contaminated their local stream with lead and caused them years of degraded health and social misery. The Karen villagers were only able to gain access to justice with the help of NGOs that served them as a support group during a period when Thailand was experiencing active civil and democratic awakening. The NGOs, which had a common cause with the Karen villagers, helped them enter the ‘environmental justice frame’ and its discourse. Their experience of lead pollution was framed within a moral ‘rhetoric of exposure’, which came to guide their activism against intransigent agencies and policies, as well as their mobilization for access to justice.
`In' analytical NoteSouth East Asia Research Vol. 25, No.2; Jun 2017: p.139-156
Journal SourceSouth East Asia Research 2017-06 25, 2
Key WordsCivil Society ;  Environmental Justice ;  Access to Justice ;  Lead Pollution ;  Thai Karen