Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-520-30073-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 145 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Reihe: American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present

“Let this book immerse you in the many worlds of environmental justice.”—Naomi Klein

We are living in a precarious environmental and political moment. In the United States and in the world, environmental injustices have manifested across racial and class divides in devastatingly disproportionate ways. What does this moment of danger mean for the environment and for justice? What can we learn from environmental justice struggles?
 
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger examines mobilizations and movements, from protests at Standing Rock to activism in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Environmental justice movements fight, survive, love, and create in the face of violence that challenges the conditions of life itself. Exploring dispossession, deregulation, privatization, and inequality, this book is the essential primer on environmental justice, packed with cautiously hopeful stories for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sze, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview

Introduction. Environmental Justice at the
Crossroads of Danger and Freedom

1. This Movement of Movements

2. Environmental Justice Encounters

3. Restoring Environmental Justice

Conclusion. American Optimism, Skepticism, and
Environmental Justice

Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Selected Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Julie Sze is Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Davis. She has authored and edited three books and numerous articles on environmental justice and inequality, culture and environment, and urban and community health and activism.