Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice An Introduction to a Political Economic View of Eco-Justice /

• Main Authors: Lynch, Michael J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Long, Michael A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Stretesky, Paul B. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology
• Subjects: Offenses against the environment.; Environmental geography.; Sustainable development.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Environmental sociology.; Political economy.; Green Criminology.; Environmental Geography.; Sustainable Development.; Development and Sustainability.; Environmental Sociology.; International Political Economy.
• Physical Description: XI, 257 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030285739
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28573-9

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 side-lines political economic theoretical insights, and therefore with this 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.