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From environmental loss to resistance : infrastructure and the struggle for justice in North America / edited by Michael Loadenthal and Lea Rekow.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental justice--North America.
- Environmental justice.
- Environmental sociology--North America.
- Environmental sociology.
- Sustainable development--North America.
- Sustainable development.
- Infrastructure (Economics)--Environmental aspects--North America.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- North America--Environmental conditions--21st century.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, Massachusetts : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- North Americans have reached a socioenvironmental tipping point where social transformation has become necessary to secure a stable and desirable future.As hurricanes destroy coastal areas that once hosted schools and homes, petroleum refineries choke nearby communities and their parks, and pipeline construction threatens water rights for.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: From Crisis to Response
- Chapter One. Grief, Grit, and Gratitude: Finding Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
- Chapter Two. Environmental Loss and Eco-Sabotage: A (Not So) Radical Response
- Chapter Three. Environmental Policy and Neoliberal Politics: Negotiating beyond the "Third Way"
- Chapter Four. Dams, Boundaries, and the Rising Spirit of Reciprocity
- Chapter Five. Water Justice Crises and Resistance Strategies
- Chapter Six. Environmentalist Resistance in the World of Infrastructural Brutalism
- Chapter Seven. Border Walls and Bridging Work: Cultivating Resilience in Spaces of Control
- Conclusion: The Importance of Embedded Voices
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62534-504-6
- OCLC:
- 1204320750
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