How Long to Read Sewer of Progress

How Long Does it Take to Read Sewer of Progress?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Sewer of Progress by Cindy Mcculligh

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A creative and comprehensive exploration of the institutional forces undermining the management of environments critical to public health. For almost two decades, the citizens of Western Mexico have called for a cleanup of the Santiago River, a water source so polluted it emanates an overwhelming acidic stench. Toxic clouds of foam lift off the river in a strong wind. In Sewer of Progress, Cindy McCulligh examines why industrial dumping continues in the Santiago despite the corporate embrace of social responsibility and regulatory frameworks intended to mitigate environmental damage. The fault, she finds, lies in a disingenuous discourse of progress and development that privileges capitalist growth over the health and well-being of ecosystems. Rooted in research on institutional behavior and corporate business practices, Sewer of Progress exposes a type of regulatory greenwashing that allows authorities to deflect accusations of environmental dumping while “regulated” dumping continues in an environment of legal certainty. For transnational corporations, this type of simulation allows companies to take advantage of double standards in environmental regulations, while presenting themselves as socially responsible and green global actors. Through this inversion, the Santiago and other rivers in Mexico have become sewers for urban and industrial waste. Institutionalized corruption, a concept McCulligh introduces in the book, is the main culprit, a system that permits and normalizes environmental degradation, specifically in the creation and enforcement of a regulatory framework for wastewater discharge that prioritizes private interests over the common good. Through a research paradigm based in institutional ethnography and political ecology, Sewer of Progress provides a critical, in-depth look at the power relations subverting the role of the state in environmental regulation and the maintenance of public health.

How long is Sewer of Progress?

Sewer of Progress by Cindy Mcculligh is 357 pages long, and a total of 91,749 words.

This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 112% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sewer of Progress Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Sewer of Progress aloud.

What Reading Level is Sewer of Progress?

Sewer of Progress is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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