Lessons in Environmental Justice provides an entry point to the field by bringing together the works of individuals who are creating a new and vibrant wave of environmental justice scholarship, methodology, and activism. The 18 essays in this collection explore a wide range of controversies and debates, from the U.S. and other societies. An important theme throughout the book is how vulnerable and marginalized populations—the incarcerated, undocumented workers, rural populations, racial and ethnic minorities—bear a disproportionate share of environmental risks. Each reading concludes with a suggested assignment that helps student explore the topic independently and deepen their understanding of the issues raised.
Table of Content
Introduction – Michael Mascarenhas
Part 1: Understanding Environmental Justice. Claims, Frames and Colonialism
Chapter 1: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter – Robert Bullard
Chapter 2: The Environmental Justice Frame – Stella Capek
Chapter 3: Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples and Consent – Kyle Powys Whyte
Part 2: Environmental Justice Methodology
Chapter 4: Weighing the Evidence: Measuring Environmental Justice – Paul Mohai
Chapter 5: Science, Expertise, and Environmental Justice – Alissa Cordner, Phil Brown
Chapter 6: How Community Based Participatory Research Strengthens the Rigor, Relevance, and Reach of Science – Carolina Balazs, Rachel Morello-Frosch
Chapter 7: Emotions of Environmental Justice – J.M. Bacon, Kari Marie Norgaard
Part 3: Policy and Environmental Protection
Chapter 8: Regulatory Culture: Racial Ideologies and the Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies – Jill Lindsey Harrison
Chapter 9: Toxic Entanglements: Race, Capital and Pollution in Southern California – Christina Faiver-Serna
Chapter 10: Environmental Justice and the Law – Oday Salim
Part 4: Environments of (In)Justice and Activism
Chapter 11: Fair Housing and Health: A Social Ecology Framework – George Lipsitz
Chapter 12: For Tribal Peoples, Food Justice Requires Environmental Justice – Elizabeth Hoover
Chapter 13: Poverty, Prisons, Pollution, and Valley Fever – Sarah Rios
Chapter 14: Becoming Storms: Indigenous Water Protectors Fight for the Future – Beth Rose MIddleton Manning, Kaitlin Reed & Deniss Martinez
Part 5: New Frontiers and Old Questions
Chapter 15: Narratives of Struggle and Resistance in the Fight Against Environmental Racism in African Nova Scotia Communities – Ingrid Waldron
Chapter 16: Fantastic Pragmatic. The Enduring Effects of the 1993 Encounter Between Black Panthers and Black Brazilian Activists – Joao Costa Vargas
Chapter 17: From Dumping to Displacement: New Frontiers for Just Sustainabilities – Julian Agyeman, Stephen Zavestoski
Chapter 18: Black Lives Matter as an Environmental Justice Challenge – David Pellow
About the author
Michael Mascarenhas is a first-generation college graduate, anti-colonialist, anti-racism comrade. Professor Mascarenhas’ scholarship examines the interconnections between contemporary neoliberal reforms, environmental change, and environmental justice and racism. This interdisciplinary body of research brings together concepts from critical race theory and environmental studies to help cultivate knowledge that contributes to political activism and coalition politics. Michael Mascarenhas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Where the Waters Divide Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada (2012) and New Humanitarianism and the Crisis of Charity. Good Intentions on the Road to Help (2107). Professor Mascarenhas was an expert witness at the Michigan Civil Rights Commission on the Flint Water Crisis, and an invited speaker to the National Academes of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Designing Citizen Science to Support Science Learning.
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