Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger.
Sze, Julie,
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger. - x, 144 pages ; 22 cm - American studies now : critical histories of the present ; 11 . - American studies now ; 11. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Environmental justice at the crossroads of danger and freedom -- This movement of movements -- Environmental justice encounters -- Restoring environmental justice -- Conclusion : American optimism, skepticism, and environmental justice.
"We are living in a precarious environmental and political moment. In the US and in the world, environmental injustices have manifested across racial and class divides in devastatingly disproportionate ways. What does the 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 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 of struggle for the future that we need now"--
9780520300736 0520300734 9780520300743 0520300742
2019021691
GBC000591 bnb
019663340 Uk
Environmental justice.
Environmental justice--United States.
Justice environnementale.
Environmental justice.
United States.
GE220 / .S94 2020
363.7
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger. - x, 144 pages ; 22 cm - American studies now : critical histories of the present ; 11 . - American studies now ; 11. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Environmental justice at the crossroads of danger and freedom -- This movement of movements -- Environmental justice encounters -- Restoring environmental justice -- Conclusion : American optimism, skepticism, and environmental justice.
"We are living in a precarious environmental and political moment. In the US and in the world, environmental injustices have manifested across racial and class divides in devastatingly disproportionate ways. What does the 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 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 of struggle for the future that we need now"--
9780520300736 0520300734 9780520300743 0520300742
2019021691
GBC000591 bnb
019663340 Uk
Environmental justice.
Environmental justice--United States.
Justice environnementale.
Environmental justice.
United States.
GE220 / .S94 2020
363.7