Jacobs J
University of California at Berkeley.
Int Q Community Health Educ. 1992 Jan 1;13(3):253-63. doi: 10.2190/9FDR-VLEH-F53W-28D3.
With the great proliferation of chemical manufacturing in the past half-century, the dilemma of dealing with the waste produced has become an increasing problem facing communities. One method that is gaining increased acceptance by both government and industry is incineration. Many citizens have formed groups to protest these facilities because of their concerns about health risks, especially exposure to carcinogens. This case study profiles one such group, CAP-IT, a collection of middle-class residents living in a small working-class town and their successful battle to prevent the siting of a hazardous waste incinerator. CAP-IT's strategy will be critiqued using methods advanced by Lee Staples, Nicholas Freudenburg and Kurt Lewin to demonstrate the power of community organizing activities.
在过去的半个世纪里，随着化学制造业的大量涌现，处理所产生废物的难题已成为社区面临的一个日益严重的问题。焚烧是一种越来越受到政府和企业认可的方法。许多市民组成团体抗议这些设施，因为他们担心健康风险，尤其是接触致癌物。本案例研究介绍了这样一个团体——CAP-IT，它由生活在一个小型工人阶级城镇的中产阶级居民组成，以及他们为阻止危险废物焚烧炉选址而进行的成功斗争。将使用李·斯台普斯、尼古拉斯·弗罗伊登伯格和库尔特·勒温提出的方法对CAP-IT的策略进行批判，以展示社区组织活动的力量。
