Description
Book SynopsisLet this book immerse you in the many worlds of environmental justice.Naomi Klein We are living in a precarious environmental and political moment. In the United States and in the world, environmental injustices have manifested across racial and class divides in devastatingly disproportionate ways. What does thismoment 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 activism in 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, packedwith cautiously hopeful stories for the future.
Trade Review“
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger is a rousing primer that illuminates the movement’s core principles. It demonstrates how interconnected disparate social movements are and shows that they can coalesce into more powerful networks.” * Foreword Reviews *
"A concise and powerful description of environmental injustices in various settings across the United States and its territories." * World Medical and Health Policy *
"A good introductory text for an environmental justice course but can also make for an easy read to provide some basic understanding on environmental justice to an unfamiliar audience."
* Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences *
"In this ‘moment of danger’ Sze’s book is a call to recognize how past, present, and future are intertwined."
* Western American Literature *
Table of ContentsOverview
Introduction. Environmental Justice at the
Crossroads of Danger and Freedom
1. This Movement of Movements
2. Environmental Justice Encounters
3. Restoring Environmental Justice
Conclusion. American Optimism, Skepticism, and
Environmental Justice
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
