Dependent Convergence : The Struggle to Control Petrochemical Hazards in Brazil and the United States

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Migration of Hazards: The Viewpoint of Actors in a Newly Industrializing Country -- Chapter 2. One Industry, Two Complexes, Two Companies -- Chapter 3. Twenty Years of Petrochemical Production in Bahia -- Chapter 4. Benzeno à Vista (Benzene Ho!): The Work Environment Crises of COPEC -- Chapter 5. Environmental Management Policies in Cetrel: A Case Study of the Implementation of Pollution Control Policies in the Periphery -- Chapter 6. Environmental Management Policies in the Gulf Coast Authority: A Case Study of Pollution Control Policies in the Center -- Chapter 7. Dependent Convergence: Comparing Cetrel and GCA Histories -- Appendix 1. Research Design -- Appendix 2. The Petrochemical Industry -- Appendix 4. CETREL S.A. Environmental Policy -- Appendix 5. Bayport Facility Industrial Users in 1997 -- Index.