Land, water, air and freedom : the making of world movements for environmental justice / Joan Martinez-Alier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez Alier, Joan, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (798 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributing authors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Acronyms

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

7 The Arctic, a growing commodity extraction frontier

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

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

30 Conclusion: is there a global environmental justice movement?

References

Index

Endorsement Page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Martínez-Alier, Joan Land, Water, Air and Freedom

ISBN:

9781035312771