Flint during the model cities era: the challenges to community advocacy -- The ecology of dreams deferred: neoliberalism, wrecker of environments, comes to Flint -- Turning a cold shoulder: the government's response to citizen complaints about Flint's water -- A tale of two Flints: conflicts among residents concerning the city's water -- Lights, cameras, interventions: the Flint crisis in the national spotlight -- The blame game: a legal circus and public finger pointing -- Crisis as a daily grind: digging up water pipes whether or not they need to be -- Conclusion. "Flint ain't fixed."
Summary:
"After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until independent researchers confirmed dangerously elevated blood lead levels among Flint children and in the city's tap water. Despite a 2017 federal court ruling in favor of Flint residents who had demanded mitigation, such efforts have been incomplete at best. Assessing the challenges that community groups faced in their attempts to advocate for improved living conditions, 'Tainted Tap' offers a rich analysis of conditions and constraints that created the Flint water crisis"-- Provided by publisher.
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