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Land, water, air and freedom : the making of world movements for environmental justice
Title
Land, water, air and freedom : the making of world movements for environmental justice / Joan Martinez-Alier (Professor of Economics and Economic History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, recipient of the Balzan Prize in 2020 and the Holberg Prize in 2023).
ISBN
9781035312771 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (798 pages)
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Summary
"This ground-breaking book makes visible the global counter-movement for environmental justice. Combining 500 in-depth empirical analyses of environmental conflict with expansive theorising in ecological economics and political ecology, Joan Martinez-Alier reveals that though grassroots movements for socio-economic sustainability are deeply diverse, there are profound global patterns of environmental action and empowerment. Using rich personal and community stories of conflict drawn from the Atlas of Environmental Justice, Martinez-Alier analyses the commonalities shared by environmental defenders and offenders respectively. Each narrative is set within a cohesive framework, emphasising the diverse vocabularies, iconographies, and valuation languages of poor and indigenous activists without losing sight of the global scale of climate action and biodiversity loss. Revealing the circularity gap at the centre of the industrial economy, the book focuses on the frontiers of commodity extraction and waste disposal. Alongside exploring diverse geographies of resistance and protagonists of conflict, chapters delve into commodity extraction, corporate irresponsibility, unequal trade, and feminist neo-Malthusianism. Land, Water, Air and Freedom will be essential reading for students and scholars of environmental social sciences and humanities, anthropology, geography, international relations, and ecology. It will also guide activists seeking to understand their place in the movements for environmental justice and environmental sustainability"-- Provided by publisher.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 09, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents: Preface
1. Introduction: Comparative political ecology - the ejatlas, geographical and thematic perspectives
2. Japan: Toxic archipelago
3. The philippines: Extractivism and violence
4. Women environmental defenders killed around the world
5. Taiwan's environmental movement
6. China: Political ecology with Chinese characteristics - limits to eco-compensation (with dr juan liu)
7. The arctic, a growing commodity extraction frontier, with ksenija hanaček
8. India: Odisha, one of the states which are victims of "extractivism"
9. India: Kerala and tamil nadu
10. The world anti-nuclear movement since the 1970s
11. Biodiversity conservation: "militarized conservation" vs "convivial conservation"
12. East Africa: Kenya and tanzania, wildlife and human livelihoods
13. South East Africa: Madagascar and Mozambique; transnationals and bingos
14. Nigeria and the gulf of guinea: "we thought it was oil but it was blood"
15. Sand mining for metallic minerals: A new commodity frontier, with arpita bisht
16. Blockadia and climate justice: Lffu movements
17. The andean countries and southern cone
18. Mesoamerica and the Caribbean: From zacatecas to neo zapatismo
19. Brazil and the guianas: Iron ores, tailings dams and land conflicts
20. Working-class environmentalism
21. Agrarian justice and human ecology
22. Religious groups as environmental activists
23. The iberian peninsula: Transboundary conflicts
24. The United States: The cradle of environmental justice against environmental racism
25. Indigenous revival and resistance around the world
26. Preciosities vs bulk commodities in ecologically unequal trade
27. Corporate social irresponsibility and systematic lack of environmental liability
28. Environmental activism, uncertain risks and post-normal science
29. Population and resources: Feminism and neo-malthusianism, with eduard masjuan
30. Conclusion: Is there a global environmental justice movement?
References
Index.
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Electronic books.
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