Social Justice And Local Development Policy

Download or read book Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development written by Harley, Anne and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggles for environmental justice involve communities mobilising against powerful forces which advocate ‘development’, driven increasingly by neoliberal imperatives. In doing so, communities face questions about their alliances with other groups, working with outsiders and issues of class, race, ethnicity, gender, worker/community and settler/indigenous relationships. Written by a wide range of international scholars and activists, contributors explore these dynamics and the opportunities for agency and solidarity. They critique the practice of community development professionals, academics, trade union organisers, social movements and activists and inform those engaged in the pursuit of justice as community, development and environment interact.