Publisher's Synopsis
"This is not a book to relax with: optimistically titled, yet detailing failures of communities to defend basic rights ... its arguments are ... of universal relevance in western democracies ... The cut-throat power of laissez-faire capitalism and high-powered cronyism portrayed in this well-researched and documented book is chilling."
-Angela Mende, Law Society Journal (Australia) 2005
"Clear prose [that distills] the environmental costs of airports to the communities in which they are situated ... André makes a compelling case that all of these environmental impacts are far from minor..."
-Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Organization and Environment 2005
