Land, water, air and freedom : : the making of world movements for environmental justice / / Joan Martinez-Alier.
"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 movemen...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (798 pages) |
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Table of 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.