Author

Publication

2014 - Policy Press

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781447300410
  • ISBN-101447300416
  • Better World Books9781447300410
  • Open LibraryOL28557172M

Classifications

  • LCCHV6401

Description

This unique study of social harm offers a systematic and critical discussion of the nature of environmental harm from an eco-justice perspective, challenging conventional criminological definitions of environmental harm. The book evaluates three interconnected justice-related approaches to environmental harm: environmental justice (humans), ecological justice (the environment) and species justice (non-human animals). It provides a critical assessment of environmental harm by interrogating key concepts and exploring how activists and social movements engage in the pursuit of justice. It concludes by describing the tensions between the different approaches and the importance of developing an eco-justice framework that to some extent can reconcile these differences. Using empirical evidence built on theoretical foundations with examples and illustrations from many national contexts, "Environmental harm" will be of interest to students and academics in criminology, sociology, law, geography, environmental studies, philosophy and social policy all over the world -- P. 4 of cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Environmental HarmPolicy Press2014

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