Author : David Schlosberg
Release : 2007-05-17
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 299/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature by : David Schlosberg
Download or read book Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature written by David Schlosberg. This book was released on 2007-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic task of this book is to explore what, exactly, is meant by 'justice' in definitions of environmental and ecological justice. It examines how the term is used in both self-described environmental justice movements and in theories of environmental and ecological justice. The central argument is that a theory and practice of environmental justice necessarily includes distributive conceptions of justice, but must also embrace notions of justice based in recognition, capabilities, and participation. Throughout, the goal is the development of a broad, multi-faceted, yet integrated notion of justice that can be applied to both relations regarding environmental risks in human populations and relations between human communities and non-human nature.