Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross-National Analysis

Environmental justice aspires to a healthy environment for all, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision-making. In order to develop successful strategies to achieve this, it is important to understand the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes. This optimistic, accessible and wide-ranging book contributes to this understanding by assessing the extent of, and reasons for, environmental justice/injustice in seven diverse countries - United States, Republic of Korea (South Korea), United Kingdom, Sweden, China, Bolivia and Cuba. Factors discussed include: race and class discrimination; citizen power; industrialisation processes; political-economic context; and the influence of dominant environmental discourses. In particular, the role of capitalism is critically explored. Based on over a hundred interviews with politicians, experts, activists and citizens of these countries, this is a compelling analysis aimed at all academics, policy-makers and campaigners who are engaged in thinking or action to address the most urgent environmental and social issues of our time.

Author: Karen Bell
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 05/01/2014
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781447305941

About the Author
Karen Bell is a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice at the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol.