Achieving environmental justice [electronic resource] : a cross-national analysis /
Bell, Karen(Karen Sarah),author.
This optimistic and accessible book contributes to our understanding of the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes by assessing the extent of, and reasons for, environmental justice/injustice in seven diverse countries.
ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: fighting for humanity; Approach to the research; Scope and limitations; The structure of the book; Environmental justice from the inside; 2. The concept and measurement of environmental justice; Distributive justice3; Procedural justice; Substantive justice; Measuring environmental justice: the Environmental Justice Indicator Framework; 3. The causes of environmental injustice; Discrimination; Market dynamics; Lack of citizen power
IndustrialisationIndividual behaviour or life-style; Culture; Capitalism; 4. 'Killing yourself is no way to make a living': environmental justice in the United States; Substantive environmental justice in the United States; Distributive environmental justice in the United States; Procedural environmental justice in the United States; Causes of environmental injustice in the United States; 5. 'The world has been deceived': environmental justice in the Republic of Korea (South Korea); Substantive environmental justice in the Republic of Korea
Distributive environmental justice in the Republic of KoreaProcedural Environmental Justice in the Republic of Korea; Causes of environmental injustice in the Republic of Korea; 6. 'Regulation means bad': environmental justice in the United Kingdom; Substantive environmental justice in the United Kingdom; Distributive environmental justice in the United Kingdom; Procedural environmental justice in the United Kingdom; Causes of environmental injustices in the United Kingdom; 7. 'We have always been close to nature': environmental justice in Sweden; Substantive environmental justice in Sweden
Distributive environmental justice in SwedenProcedural environmental justice in Sweden; Causes of environmental injustice in Sweden; 8. 'The rich consume and the poor suffer the pollution': environmental justice in the People's Republic of China; Substantive environmental justice in China; Distributive environmental justice in China; Procedural environmental justice in China; Causes of environmental injustice in China; 9. 'Recuperating all that we have lost and forgotten': environmental justice in the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Bolivia); Substantive environmental justice in Bolivia
Distributive environmental justice in BoliviaProcedural environmental justice in Bolivia; The causes of environmental injustice in Bolivia; 10. 'Socialism creates a better opportunity': environmental justice in Cuba; Substantive environmental justice in Cuba; Distributive environmental justice in Cuba; Procedural environmental justice in Cuba; Causes of environmental injustice in Cuba; 11 Achieving environmental justice; The causes of the environmental injustices; Policy implications; Challenging Damaging Hegemonic Environmental Discourses; How to achieve change; Final; Appendix 1
Appendix 2Datasets
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This optimistic and accessible book contributes to our understanding of the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes by assessing the extent of, and reasons for, environmental justice/injustice in seven diverse countries.
Environmental justice.
Environmental Justice.
Politics.
Justice.