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| Abbreviations | ||
| Pt. I | Environmentalism and Difference: The Pluralist Challenge | |
| 1 | Introduction: The Environmental Challenge to Pluralism | 3 |
| 2 | Approaches to Difference in the US Environmental Movement: Classification Schemes, Hegemonic Definitions, and Singular Motivations | 20 |
| Pt. II | Critical Pluralism in Theory | |
| 3 | Pluralism and Difference: A Genealogy of Multiplicity | 43 |
| 4 | Components of a Critical Pluralism: Ethics and Processes | 69 |
| Pt. III | Environmental Justice: Critical Pluralism in Practice | |
| 5 | The Politics of Networking in the Grassroots Environmental Justice Movement | 107 |
| 6 | Communicative Practices and Communicative Demands in the Environmental Justice Movement | 145 |
| Pt. IV | Conclusion | |
| 7 | Environmental Justice and the Prospects for a Critical Pluralism | 183 |
| Bibliography | 195 | |
| Index | 219 |
Overview
In the first ever theoretical treatment of the environmental justice movement, David Schlosberg demonstrates the development of a new form of "critical" pluralism, in both theory and practice. His timely and sophisticated study presents a challenge to both conventional pluralist thought and the practices of the major groups in the US environmental movement.