The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice : Routledge International Handbooks - Ryan Holifield

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice

By: Ryan Holifield (Editor), Jayajit Chakraborty (Editor), Gordon Walker (Editor)

Hardcover | 20 September 2017

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The Handbook of Environmental Justice presents an overview of the diverse, rapidly growing body of research on issues of environmental justice and injustice. With contributions from over 90 leading authors it is an essential resource both for newcomers to the research and for experienced scholars and practitioners. It provides an extensive and cutting-edge overview of the history, theory, and methods of interdisciplinary environmental justice research, along with discussions of current debates, controversies, and questions. The volume orients itself towards presenting, reviewing, and assessing the full range of academic research by explicitly addressing interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and engaged research. Instead of adopting a narrow regional focus, it tackles substantive issues and presents perspectives from across the world. The volume features in-depth discussions of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodological approaches alike and includes contributions from social and natural scientists, as well as humanists with different approaches to theorizing on the topic. The chapters examine the roots of environmental justice in activism, lay out the key theories and approaches, and consider the many different substantive issues that have been the subject of activism, empirical research and policy development. It considers both the global scale of environmental justice activity and specific regional profiles and concerns covering political and cultural systems from different parts of the world. The text aims not to simply review the state of the art, but to propose new conceptual frameworks and directions for research, policy, and practice. The handbook provides a detailed overview of this incredibly rich, varied topic by a wide range of leading scholars from multiple disciplines and different parts of the world. The book is an essential guide and reference not only for researchers engaged with environmental justice, but also for undergraduate and graduate teaching and for policymakers and activists.
Industry Reviews

"Environmental injustice can only be redressed if activists, citizens, lawyers, governments and others have the concepts, mechanisms and tools to make the world a better place. This book is a one-stop-shop for anyone who wants an advanced introduction to environmental justice. It attends to the substantive, procedural and practical complexities involved while, through powerful argument and example, showing that injustices can and should be tackled from the local scale to the global."

Professor Noel Castree, University of Wollongong, Australia

"This impressive collection provides a comprehensive overview of Environmental Justice Studies with a stunning sweep of theoretical approaches that include critical race theory, social movement theory, political economy, feminist theory, science and technology studies, and political philosophy; diverse and creative methodological approaches; and a broad array of empirical topics and geographical contexts. In emphasizing the roots of environmental inequalities, diverse visions of justice, and various strategies for change, this essential resource will help scholars, students, activists, policymakers, and others help fight for and secure a more just world."

Associate Professor Jill Lindsey Harrison, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA

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