{"product_id":"just-transformations-9780745344775","title":"Just Transformations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can societies be transformed in the interests of environmental sustainability from the ground up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A hugely important book, setting a radical agenda for societal transformation. Drawing on grassroots alternatives from across the world, the book offers a vital guide for both scholars and activists. Everyone committed to just transformations for sustainability should read this book now!'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ian Scoones, Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fantastic collection that illustrates that just transformations are already being imagined and implemented on the ground. The authors offer an important, creative example of genuine scholar-activism keenly focused issues of justice, power, and the transformative potential of EJ.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- David Schlosberg, Professor of Environmental Politics and Director, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A splendid collective book co-produced by an impressive international group of twenty-five socio-environmental academics and activists ... focusing both on the alternatives that are born from the resistance to extractivism or pollution, and on sustainable practices such as community textile production. Building on detailed knowledge of the local protagonists and issues, this optimistic, inspiring book jumps scales to national and international dimensions.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Joan Martinez-Alier, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is an indispensable book that brings together the theory and practice of environmental justice. The contributions offer different ways for the concrete materialization of the changes needed for just transformations for alternative futures and make a rich account of methods for mutual learning between social movements and academia. A valuable resource for those committed to achieving environmental justice in the 21st century.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Gabriela Merlinsky, Instituto Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart I: Our approaches and methods for engaging with transformations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Co-production of Knowledge for Environmental Justice: Key Lessons, Challenges and Approaches in the ACKnowl-EJ Project (by Lena Weber, Mariana Walter, Leah Temper and Iokiñe Rodríguez)\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Conversation on Radical Transformation Frameworks: From Conflicts to Alternatives (by Arpita Lulla, Iokiñe Rodríguez, Mirna Inturias and Ashish Kothari)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart I: Analysing transformations from and with environmental justice movements\u003cbr\u003e Section 1: Double Movements Against State and Market\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Mirror, Mirror on the Wall': A Reflection on Engaged Just Transformations Research under Turkey's Authoritarian Populist Regime (by Begüm Özkaynak, Ethemcan Turhan, Cem İskender Aydın)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Games of Power in Conflicts over Extractivism in Canaima National Park, Venezuela (by Iokiñe Rodríguez and Vladimir Aguilar)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lebanon and the ‘Trash Revolution’:- Constraints, Challenges, and Opportunities to Transformation: 2015 Onwards (by Rania Masri)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 2: From Individual to Institutional Transformations \u003cbr\u003e 6. Free the Keelbeek from the Prison! A Deep Analysis of the Individual and Collective Empowerment Within the Resistance Movement against the Brussels Mega-prison Project (by Jérôme Pelenc)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Raika Women Speak. (by Meenal Tatpati and Shruti Ajit)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Transformative Environmental Conflicts:- The Case of Struggles against Large-scale Mining in Argentina (by Mariana Walter and Lucrecia Wagner)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section 3: Enacting Counter-hegemonic Alternative Politics, Economics and World views\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Monkoxi from Lomerío, Bolivia: On the Road to Freedom Through Nuxiaká Uxia Nosibóriki (by Mirna Inturias, Iokiñe Rodríguez, Miguel Aragón, Elmar Masay and Anacleto Peña)\u003cbr\u003e 10. On the Cusp:- Reframing Democracy and Well-Being in Korchi. (by Neema Pathak Broome, Shrishtee Bajpai and Mukesh Shende)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Transformative Strategies Forged on the Frontlines of Environmental Justice and Indigenous Land Defence Struggles in So-called Canada (by Jen Gobby and Leah Temper)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Sandhani: Transformation Among Handloom Weavers of Kachchh, India. (by Kalpavriksh and Khamir)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part III: Lessons from ground up transformations\u003cbr\u003e 13. Towards a Just Transformations Theory. (by Ashish Kothari, Leah Temper, Iokiñe Rodríguez, Mariana Walter, Begüm Özkaynak, Rania Masri, Mirna Inturias, Adrian Martin, Ethemcan Turhan, Neema Pathak Broome, Shrishtee Bajpai, Jen Gobby, Jérôme Pelenc, Meenal Tatpati and Shruti Ajit)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Take-Aways for Environmental Justice Movements. (by Leah Temper, Mariana Walter and Iokiñe Rodríguez)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865701134679,"sku":"9780745344775","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745344775.jpg?v=1722275170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/just-transformations-9780745344775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}