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This book offers an alternative analysis of the various theories and dimensions of green and environmental justice which are rooted in political economy. Much green criminological literature sidelines political economic theoretical insights and therefore with this work the authors enrich the field by vigorously exploring such perspectives. It engages with a number of studies relevant to a political economic approach to justice in order to make two key arguments: that capitalism has produced profound ecological injustices and that the concept of ecological justice (human and ecological rights) itself needs critiquing. Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice is a timely text which urges the field to revisit its radical roots in social justice while broadening its disciplinary horizons to include a meaningful analysis of political economy and its role in producing and responding to environmental harm andinjustice.
List of contents
1: Introduction: Green Theories Of Justice And Political Economy.- 2. Connecting Ecological Decline And Eco-Justice.- 3. Eco-Justice And An Orientation Toward The Ecosystem.- 4. Human Social & Ecological Justice In The Global World: Capitalist System And The Treadmill Of Production.- 5. Unsustainable Economic Development And Nonhuman Ecological Justice.- 6. Gaia And A Green Theory Of Justice.- 7. Metabolic Rift And Eco-Justice.- 8.Political Economy, Food And Eco-Justice.- 9. Conclusion.
About the author
Michael J. Lynch is Professor in the Department of Criminology and Associated Faculty at The Patel School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida, USA.
Michael A. Long is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University, USA.
Paul B. Stretesky is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK, and Associated Faculty in the Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, USA.
Summary
This book offers an alternative analysis of the various theories and dimensions of green and environmental justice which are rooted in political economy. Much green criminological literature sidelines political economic theoretical insights and therefore with this work the authors enrich the field by vigorously exploring such perspectives. It engages with a number of studies relevant to a political economic approach to justice in order to make two key arguments: that capitalism has produced profound ecological injustices and that the concept of ecological justice (human and ecological rights) itself needs critiquing. Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice is a timely text which urges the field to revisit its radical roots in social justice while broadening its disciplinary horizons to include a meaningful analysis of political economy and its role in producing and responding to environmental harm andinjustice.
Report
"Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice is an especially useful addition to the growing literature on green criminology. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (P. Beirne, Choice, Vol. 57 (11), 2020)
