Environmental Justice : International Discourses in Political Economy

ISBN-13: 9780765807519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 310 str.

Leigh Glover; Cecilia A. Martinez; John Byrne

Opis

Environmental justice is one of the most controversial and important issues in contemporary social science. Volume 8 of the Energy and Environmental Policy series challenges our understanding of environmental justice in a global context. It includes theoretical investigations and case studies by leading authors in the field.

Spis treści

I: Defining the Discourse; 1: A Brief on Environmental Justice; 2: Ecology, Justice, and the End of Development; II: Case Studies; 3: A Revolution in Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development: The Political Ecology of Nicaragua; 4: The Long March for Livelihoods: Struggle Against the Narmada Dam in India; 5: A ‘Necessary Sacrifice:’ Industrialization and American Indian Lands; 6: The Circle of Life: Preserving American Indian Traditions and Facing the Nuclear Challenge; 7: Powering Injustice: Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba; 8: The Global Commons and Environmental Justice—Climate Change; III: Expanding the Discourse; 9: Ecosocialization and Environmental Justice; 10: globalization.com vs. ecologicaljustice.org : Contesting the End of History; 11: The Production of Unequal Nature

O autorze

Paul Thompson