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the making of world movements for environmental justice
"This ground-breaking book makes visible the global counter-movement for environmental justice, combining ecological economics and political ecology. Using 500 in-depth empirical analyses from the Atlas of Environmental Justice, Martínez-Alier analyses the commonalities shared by environmental defenders and offenders respectively."
Introduction: Comparative political ecology : the EJAtlas, geographical and thematic perspectives -- Japan : toxic archipelago -- The Philippines : extractivism and violence -- Women environmental defenders killed around the world -- Taiwan's environmental movement -- China : political ecology with Chinese characteristics : limits to eco-compensation / with Dr Juan Liu -- The Arctic, a growing commodity extraction frontier / with Ksenija Hanaček -- India : Odisha, one of the states which are victims of "extractivism" -- India : Kerala and Tamil Nadu -- The world anti-nuclear movement since the 1970s -- Biodiversity conservation : "militarized conservation" vs "convivial conservation" -- East Africa : Kenya and Tanzania, wildlife and human livelihoods -- South East Africa : Madagascar and Mozambique ; transnationals and BINGOs -- Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea : "we thought it was oil but it was blood" -- Sand mining for metallic minerals: a new commodity frontier / with Arpita Bisht -- Blockadia and climate justice : LFFU movements -- The Andean countries and Southern Cone -- Mesoamerica and the Caribbean : from Zacatecas to Neo Zapatismo -- Brazil and the Guianas : iron ores, tailings dams and land conflicts -- Working-class environmentalism -- Agrarian justice and human ecology -- Religious groups as environmental activists -- The Iberian Peninsula : transboundary conflicts -- The United States : the cradle of environmental justice against environmental racism -- Indigenous revival and resistance around the world -- Preciosities vs bulk commodities in ecologically unequal trade -- Corporate social irresponsibility and systematic lack of environmental liability -- Environmental activism, uncertain risks and post-normal science -- Population and resources: feminism and neo-Malthusianism / with Eduard Masjuan -- Conclusion: Is there a global environmental justice movement?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023