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 and injustice.
Author(s): Michael Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky
Series: Palgrave Studies In Green Criminology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 265
Tags: Green Criminology
Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Green Theories of Justice and Political Economy (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 1-20
Connecting Ecological Decline and Eco-justice (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 21-40
Eco-justice and an Orientation toward the Ecosystem (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 41-62
Human Social & Ecological Justice in the Global World Capitalist System and the Treadmill of Production (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 63-91
Unsustainable Economic Development and Nonhuman Ecological Justice (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 93-125
Gaia and a Green Theory of Justice (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 127-149
Metabolic Rift and Eco-justice (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 151-192
Political Economy, Food and Eco-justice (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 193-206
Conclusion (Michael J. Lynch, Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky)....Pages 207-217
Back Matter ....Pages 219-257
