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“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.
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.
Price: $18.95
Pages: 160
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present
Publication Date:
07 January 2020
Trim Size: 8.25 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9780520300743
Format: Paperback
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“Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger is a rousing primer that illuminates the movement’s core principles. It demonstrates how interconnected disparate social movements are and shows that they can coalesce into more powerful networks.”
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.
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
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