Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 152 mm, Gewicht: 418 g
Four Decades of California Environmental Justice Activism
Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 152 mm, Gewicht: 418 g
ISBN: 978-0-520-37698-4
Verlag: University of California Press
Drawing on case studies and 125 interviews with activists from Sacramento to the California-Mexico border, Perkins explores the successes and failures of the environmental justice movement in California. She shows why some activists have moved away from the disruptive "outsider" political tactics common in the movement's early days and embraced traditional political channels of policy advocacy, electoral politics, and working from within the state's political system to enact change. Although some see these changes as a sign of the growing sophistication of the environmental justice movement, others point to the potential of such changes to blunt grassroots power. At a time when environmental justice scholars and activists face pressing questions about the best route for effecting meaningful change, this book provides insight into the strengths and limitations of social movement institutionalization.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
- Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
Weitere Infos & Material
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Environmental Justice Activism
Then and Now
1. Emergence of the Disruptive Environmental Justice Movement
2. The Institutionalization of the Environmental Justice Movement
3. Explaining the Changes in Environmental Justice Activism
4. Kettleman City: Case Study of Community Activism in Changing Times
5. California Climate Change Bill AB 32: Case Study of Policy Advocacy
Conclusion: Dilemmas of Contemporary Environmental Justice Activism
Appendix: Arguments for and against the Environmental
Justice Lawsuit Brought against the California Air
Resources Board
Notes
Bibliography
Index