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Organizational Size and Pollution: The Case of the U.S. Chemical Industry

In recent efforts to uncover the social structural causes of pollution, sociologists have explored the environmental effects of such factors as urbanization, modernization, class hierarchies, long economic cycles, and the world-system. Grant et al propose a new line of research that focuses on wheth...

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Published in:American sociological review 2002-06, Vol.67 (3), p.389
Main Authors: II, Don Sherman Grant, Bergesen, Albert J., Jones, Andrew W.
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Language:English
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Summary:In recent efforts to uncover the social structural causes of pollution, sociologists have explored the environmental effects of such factors as urbanization, modernization, class hierarchies, long economic cycles, and the world-system. Grant et al propose a new line of research that focuses on whether variations in pollution rates are associated with variations in organizational characteristics.
ISSN:0003-1224
1939-8271
DOI:10.2307/3088963