Power, Justice, and the Environment

For almost 30 years, the environmental justice movement (EJM) has challenged the environmental and health inequities that are often linked with social inequities, calling attention to the disproportionate burden of pollution borne by low-income and minority communities. The successes of the movement have been celebrated, and the EJM's impact on the direction of environmental policy, research, and activism is widely acknowledged. But the literature on environmental justice lacks a real assessment of the movement's effectiveness. This book provides just such a critical appraisal, examining the EJM's tactics, strategies, rhetoric, organizational structure, and resource base. With chapters by both scholars and activists, the book links theory and practice with the aim of contributing to a more effective movement.Power, Justice, and the Environment looks first at the progress, failures, and successes of the EJM over the years. A comparison with the Civil Rights movement draws some provocative conclusions.The book next focuses on the development of new strategies and cultural perspectives, considering, among other topics, alternative models for community mobilization and alternative organizational structure. Finally, the book examines the effect of globalization on environmental inequality and how the EJM can address transnational environmental injustices.

ISBN 0262162334   Pages 349 ISBN13 9780262162333 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher MIT Press Ltd   Weight (grammes) 612 Imprint MIT Press   Published in Cambridge, Mass. Format Hardback   Series title Urban and Industrial Environments Publication date 04 Oct 2005   Height (mm) 229 Library of Congress 2005045105   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 333.70973   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Power, justice, and the environment : toward critical environmental justice studies by David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle		1
2		A brief comparison of the civil rights movement and the environmental justice movement by Bunyan Bryant and Elaine Hockman		23
3		The half-life of the environmental justice frame : innovation, diffusion, and stagnation by Robert Benford		37
4		Mission impossible? : environmental justice activists' collaborations with professional environmentalists and with academics by Sherry Cable and Tamara Mix and Donald Hastings		55
5		Who wins, who loses? : understanding outcomes of environmental injustice struggles by Melissa Toffolon-Weiss and Timmons Roberts		77
6		The environmental justice movement : an activist's perspective by Carl Anthony		91
7		Race and power : an introduction to environmental justice energy activism by Julie Sze		101
8		Food and justice : the critical link to healthy communities by Orrin Williams		117
9		Autonomy, equity, and environmental justice by Devon G. Pena		131
10		Environmental justice and the legal system by Holly D. Gordon and Keith I. Harley		153
11		The states' comprehensive approach to environmental justice by Nicholas Targ		171
12		The health politics of asthma : environmental justice and collective illness experience by Phil Brown and Brian Mayer and Stephen Zavestoski and Theo Luebke and Joshua Mandelbaum and Sabrina McCormick		185
13		Whose environmental justice? : an analysis of the governance structure of environmental justice organizations in the United States by Robert J. Brulle and Jonathan Essoka		205
14		Collaborative models to achieve environmental justice and healthy communities by Charles Lee		219
15		South African perspectives on transnational environmental justice networks by Heeten Kalan and Bobby Peek		253
16		The pen is mightier than the sword : global environmental justice one letter at a time by Paula Palmer		265
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