Justice for All? Factors Affecting Perceptions of Environmental and Ecological Injustice

Parris, Christie L.; Hegtvedt, Karen A.; Watson, Lesley; Johnson, Cathryn

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“…The construction of justice, however, is not only about how decisions are taken and costs and benefits shared; it is also about who should be considered during these processes. This is where the dimension of ecological justice is relevant, as it recognizes the right to live of other species (Clayton, 2000;Parris et al, 2014). Ecological justice is defined in the field of social psychology "not so much by a particular philosophical perspective (e.g.…”

Section: Feelings Of Justice In Environmental Managementmentioning

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The construction of feelings of justice in environmental management: An empirical study of multiple biodiversity conflicts in Calakmul, Mexico

Lécuyer

White

Schmook

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Management

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A failure to address social concerns in biodiversity conservation can lead to feelings of injustice among some actors, and hence jeopardize conservation goals. The complex socio-cultural and political context of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, has historically led to multiple biodiversity conflicts. Our goal, in this case study, was to explore perceptions of justice held by local actors in relation to biodiversity conflicts. We then aimed to determine the following: 1) people's definitions of their feelings of justice; 2) the criteria used in this assessment; 3) variability in the criteria influencing them; and 4) implications for environmental management in the region and beyond. We worked with five focus groups, exploring three examples of biodiversity conflict around forest, water and jaguar management with a total of 41 ranchers, farmers and representatives of local producers. Our results demonstrated that people constructed their feelings of justice around four dimensions of justice: recognition (acknowledging individuals' rights, values, cultures and knowledge systems); ecological (fair and respectful treatment of the natural environment), procedural (fairness in processes of environmental management), distributive (fairness in the distribution of costs and benefits). We identified a list of criteria the participants used in their appraisal of justice and sources of variation such as the social scale of focus and participant role, and whom they perceived to be responsible for resource management. We propose a new framework that conceptualizes justice-as-recognition and ecological justice as forms of conditional justices, and procedural and distributive justices as forms of practical justice. Conditional justice allows us to define who is a legitimate source of justice norms and if nature should be integrated in the scope of justice; hence, conditional justice underpins other dimensions of justice. On the other hand, procedural and distributive address the daily practices of fair processes and distribution. We propose that the perception of justice is a neglected but important aspect to include in integrative approaches to managing biodiversity conflicts. Addressing demands of justice in environmental management will require us to consider more than the distribution of costs and benefits among actors. We also need to respect the plurality of fairness perspectives and to recognize the benefits of dialogical approaches to achieve more successful environmental management.

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Section: Feelings Of Justice In Environmental Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The construction of feelings of justice in environmental management: An empirical study of multiple biodiversity conflicts in Calakmul, Mexico

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Schmook

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…For instance, Parris et al (2014) examined college students' perceptions of justice with regards to the environment, showing that one's environmental identity and perception that one's university encourages sustainability enhances perceptions of procedural, distributive, and ecological injustice regarding the environment. Clay-Warner et al (2005) examined how procedural and distributive justice impact worker attitudes differently, showing that each type of justice predicts different levels of commitment to an organization for workers who are victims or survivors of downsizing (results showed that procedural justice is a more important predictor of organizational commitment for survivors and unaffected workers of downsizing than for victims of downsizing, while distributive justice is more important for victims than for either survivors or unaffected workers).…”

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Microsociologies: Social Exchange, Trust, Justice, and Legitimacy

Carter

2016

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

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“…The first significance of the study is related to its use of multiple dimensions of justice in the context of environmental development. Prior research on environmental development has primarily focused on two types of justice (distributive justice and procedural justice; Hillman, ; Paloniemi et al, ; Parris et al, ; Riedel, Scheiner, Muller, & Kockler, ). For example, many scholars pointed out distributive injustice related to socioeconomic status, such as social class, race, educational attainment, and occupational patterns (Been, ; Paloniemi et al, ).…”

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The role of environmental justice in sustainable development in China

Sinha

Kim

et al. 2018

Sustainable Development

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This study drawing concepts from the fields of sociology, organizational behavior, and marketing examines residents' perceptions of justice in relation to environmental development. Although prior research raised issues related to environmental development from the justice perspective, very little is known about how residents perceive justice related to environmental development. Therefore, our study examines residents' perceptions of justice and how those perceptions influence the relationship with the government. More specifically, the study proposes that four types of justice (distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational) are related with the residents' trust in the government, which predicts their intentions to support for future projects and the government. To test the proposed model, we collected data from residents of four cities in China that were going through environmental development projects. The results of the study show perceptions of distributive justice and interpersonal justice have a significant positive effect on the residents' trust in the government and the environmental development. The study also finds that trust in the government and trust in the environmental development are positively related with residents' intentions to support the government and additional environmental developments. Our finding, however, does not support that either perceptions of procedural justice or perceptions of informational justice are important in the Chinese context. Implications of the study are presented. KEYWORDS environmental justice, social exchange theory, support intention, sustainable development, trust in the government

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Justice for All? Factors Affecting Perceptions of Environmental and Ecological Injustice

Cited by 35 publications

References 59 publications

The construction of feelings of justice in environmental management: An empirical study of multiple biodiversity conflicts in Calakmul, Mexico

The construction of feelings of justice in environmental management: An empirical study of multiple biodiversity conflicts in Calakmul, Mexico

Microsociologies: Social Exchange, Trust, Justice, and Legitimacy

The role of environmental justice in sustainable development in China

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