Environmental Justice - 9781138522916

Taylor & Francis

Environmental JusticeInternational Discourses in Political Economy\nAuthor(s): John Byrne, Leigh Glover, Cecilia Martinez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138522916, 978-1138522916\nSynopsis\nEnvironmental justice is one of the most controversial and important issues in contemporary social science. Volume 8 of the Energy and Environmental Policy series challenges our understanding of environmental justice in a global context. It includes theoretical investigations and case studies by leading authors in the field.\n\nGlobal forces of technology and the development of global markets are transforming social life and the natural order. These changes require a critical examination of nature-society relations. Increasingly, modernization assigns the risks of modernity to those with the least power and greatest vulnerability to environmental harm. Conventional environmentalism, which focuses on critique of the effects o.