The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation
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| Author | Joan Martinez Alier |
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| Subject | Environmentalism of the poor |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Publication date | 2002 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84064-909-3 |
The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation is a 2002 non-fiction book by Joan Martinez Alier about the environmentalism of the poor.
Publication
[edit]The Environmentalism of the Poor was written by Joan Martinez Alier, an ecological economist[1] and a professor emeritus of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.[2] The 328-page book was published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2002.[3][1]
Synopsis
[edit]The book documents advocacy and efforts of environmental justice and organized labour efforts in Latin America and Asia.[1] Examples cover the 19th-century onwards.[1] In the book, Martinez Alier links environmental harm to industrialisation and economic growth.[2] He notes how the harm impacts populations inequitably.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]Varun Nayar writing for Himal Southasian described the book as an "influential framework".[4] Pat Devine, writing in Environmental Values described the book as "wonderful" noting it to be "rich inn empirical details, full of theoretical insights, offering hope in a bleak world, altogether inspiring".[5]
Natalie Oswin from the University of British Columbia, writing in Antipode journal, criticised the author's for a lack of critique of neo-Malthusianism and for "homogenised notion of the 'poor.'"[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Oswin, Natalie (November 2003). "Book Reviews". Antipode. 35 (5): 1030–1035. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.2003.00374.x. ISSN 0066-4812.
- ^ a b c Boonlert, Thana (5 June 2023). "The right to clean air". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "The Environmentalism of the Poor". Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ Nayar, Varun (2020-05-25). "The fight for the commons". Himal Southasian. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ Devine, Pat (May 2004). "Book Review: The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation". Environmental Values. 13 (2). doi:10.1177/096327190401300212.