Lessons in Environmental Justice: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter and Idle No More

by Michael Mascarenhas (Editor)

Overview

Lessons in Environmental Justice provides an entry point to the field by bring 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544321950
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

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.

Table of Contents

Preface viii

About the Editor ix

About the Contributors x

Introduction xvii

Part I Understanding Environmental Justice: Claims, Frames, and Colonialism

1 From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter Robert D. Bullard 2

2 The Environmental Justice Frame Stella M. Capek 19

3 Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, and Consent Kyle Powys Whyte 35

Part II Environmental Justice Methodology

4 Measuring Environmental Injustice Paul Mohai 52

5 Science, Expertise, and Environmental Justice Alissa Cordner Phil Brown 77

6 How Community-Based Participatory Research Strengthens the Rigor, Relevance, and Reach of Science Rachel Morello-Frosch Carolina L. Balazs 95

7 Emotions of Environmental Justice J. M. Bacon Kari Marie Norgaard 110

Part III Policy and Environmental Protection

8 Regulatory Culture: Racial Ideologies and the Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies Jill Lindsey Harrison 128

9 Geographies of Environmental Racism: Capitalism, Pollution, and Public Health in Southern California Cristina Faiver-Serna 147

10 Environmental Justice and the Law Oday Salim 164

Part IV Environments of (In)Justice and Activism

11 Fair Housing and Health: A Social Ecology Framework 184

12 For Tribal Peoples, Food Justice Requires Environmental Justice Elizabeth Hoover 199

13 Poverty, Prisons, Pollution, and Valley Fever Sarah M. Rios 216

14 Becoming Storms: Indigenous Water Protectors Fight for the Future Kaitlin Reed Beth Rose Middleton Manning Deniss Josefina Martinez 233

Part V New Frontiers and Old Questions

15 Narratives of Struggle and Resistance in the Fight against Environmental Racism in African Nova Scotian Communities Ingrid Waldron 250

16 Fantastic Pragmatic: The Enduring Effects of the 1993 Encounter between Black Panthers and Black Brazilian Activists Joao Costa Vargas 269

17 From Dumping to Displacement: New Frontiers for Just Sustainabilities Julian Agyeman Stephen Zavestoski 288

18 Black Lives Matter as an Environmental Justice Challenge David N. Pellow 306

Conclusion 322

Index 324