Environmental Justice As Decolonization - Political Contention, Innovation Resistance Over Indigenous Fishing

This book situates Indigenous peoples as central activists in struggles to achieve environmental justice, drawing from archival and interview data from the United States, Australia and New Zealand to compare the historical and contemporary processes through which Indigenous fishing rights have been negotiated.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Colonization and Fishing in Australia, New Zealand and the United States; 3. State-Indigenous Contention, Decolonization and Environmental Justice; 4. Political Opportunities and Obstacles: The Legacies of Colonization; 5. Indigenous Resources: Formal Structures, Allies and Free Spaces; 6. Indigenous Innovation and Action; 7. The Cultural Dynamics of Indigenous Claims-making; 8. Conclusion

About the author

Julia Miller Cantzler is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego, USA. She is also an attorney with expertise in the fields of federal Indian law and environmental law.

Summary

This book situates Indigenous peoples as central activists in struggles to achieve environmental justice, drawing from archival and interview data from the United States, Australia and New Zealand to compare the historical and contemporary processes through which Indigenous fishing rights have been negotiated.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Miller Cantzler, Julia Miller Cantzler, Julia (University of San Diego Miller Cantzler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367200855
• ISBN: 978-0-367-20085-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples, Politics & government, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental law, Politics and government, Environment law, Environmental science, engineering and technology