Description
Book SynopsisDespite living and working in California, one of the county's most environmentally progressive states, environmental justice activists have spent decades fighting for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and safe, healthy communities. Evolution of a Movement tells their storyfrom the often-raucous protests of the 1980s and 1990s to activists' growing presence inside the halls of the state capitol in the 2000s and 2010s. Tracy E. Perkins traces how shifting political contexts combined with activists' own efforts to institutionalize their work within nonprofits and state structures. By revealing these struggles and transformations, Perkins offers a new lens for understanding environmental justice activism in California. Drawing on case studies and 125 interviews with activists from Sacramento to the California-Mexico border, Perkins explores the successes and failures of the environmental justice movement in California. She shows why some activists have moved away from the disr
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Evolution of a Movement is a well-researched, well-written treatment of the arc of California environmental justice…a fresh addition to the literature." * Mobilization *
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Environmental Justice Activism
Then and Now
1. Emergence of the Disruptive Environmental Justice Movement
2. The Institutionalization of the Environmental Justice Movement
3. Explaining the Changes in Environmental Justice Activism
4. Kettleman City: Case Study of Community Activism in Changing Times
5. California Climate Change Bill AB 32: Case Study of Policy Advocacy
Conclusion: Dilemmas of Contemporary Environmental Justice Activism
Appendix: Arguments for and against the Environmental
Justice Lawsuit Brought against the California Air
Resources Board
Notes
Bibliography
Index
