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Treisner, Dorothy J.

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Social wellness amidst toxic pollution: The story of Sydney, Cape Breton.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Social wellness amidst toxic pollution: The story of Sydney, Cape Breton./
Author:	Treisner, Dorothy J.
Description:	197 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2771.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-07A.
Subject:	Canadian Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3227508
ISBN:	9780542790348

Social wellness amidst toxic pollution: The story of Sydney, Cape Breton.
Treisner, Dorothy J.

Social wellness amidst toxic pollution: The story of Sydney, Cape Breton. - 197 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2771.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch New England Graduate School, 2006.

This dissertation develops and applies a social wellness model, where social wellness is defined as the process through which people create meaning out of seemingly insurmountable social, economic, environmental, and physical problems. Objectification and denial are identified as the two primary factors that lead to imbalances in our perception of health and illness, and in the nature of the power relationships surrounding them. By liberating thought from the dangers of objectification and denial, the social wellness process recognizes the potential wealth of meaning in both health and illness; exposes and acknowledges oppression and victimization; and embraces the catalytic role of change agents. In the end, equality of all parties and perspectives can lead to healing and lasting positive change.

ISBN: 9780542790348Subjects--Topical Terms:

1020605
Canadian Studies.

Social wellness amidst toxic pollution: The story of Sydney, Cape Breton.
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520 $a This dissertation identified historical and social elements of objectification and denial in Sydney, a city on the island of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, Canada. Considered one of the continent's most beautiful landscapes, Sydney also has the largest toxic waste site in North America, the legacy of a century of steel- and coke-making. The plight of Sydney is discussed from an environmental justice standpoint, using a meta-narrative of one of the most famous environmental justice cases studied to date---Love Canal, New York, to illustrate how power imbalance plays a critical role in environmental pollution issues.
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