Toward eco-justice for all

White, Rob

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“…Theme 3 ‘Changes within civil society and the state-citizen relationship as a result of climate change’ received little coverage in the literature reviewed in part two, however, the increasing popularity of the concept of social harm theory, and small but influential sub branch of ‘environmental harm’ that draws together green criminology with environmental justice theory (largely driven by the work of Rob White, 2014) is highly informative for issues raised under 3.1.…”

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“…In the wider literature that takes a global perspective, environmental problems are often viewed as a result of globalisation’s drive for economic growth, expansion of global capitalism and unbridled consumerism (Assadourian, 2015; George and Wilding, 2002: 53; Jackson, 2017; Laurent, 2020). Given the context of globalisation and the global nature of climate change, the need for a global outlook is highlighted here, particularly as the global political economy of capitalism is viewed as a facilitator of environmental harm (White, 2014: 161) and that global economic priorities ‘swamp’ environmental goals (Yearley, 2007: 245). This literature contends that the constant capitalist aim of growth holds significant costs on society and the environment (Midgley, 2019: 24; Sklair, 2001: 206).…”

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If Not Now, Then When? Pathways to Embed Climate Change Within Social Policy

Snell,

Anderson,

Thomson

2023

Social Policy and Society

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Climate change is arguably the defining issue of our time, with global impacts. Yet to date, scholarship within social policy has remained relatively fragmented and disparate, leaving an urgent need to start comprehensively embedding environmental thinking across all domains of the discipline (Williams, 2021). Responding to this challenge, this paper draws together existing work at the nexus of social policy, the environment, and climate change. The paper then presents findings from workshops held with social policy scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, using these discussions to propose pathways to embed climate change within the discipline. The paper represents a significant contribution to knowledge within the field as it seeks to both broaden discussions about social policy and climate change; to identify theoretical and empirical relationships that exist between the two fields but have not been fully recognised in existing scholarship; and to bring new perspectives and voices into the discussion.

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If Not Now, Then When? Pathways to Embed Climate Change Within Social Policy

Snell,

Anderson,

Thomson

2023

Social Policy and Society

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“…In these comments, environmental regulation is portrayed as a ‘big stick’ (White, 2013, p. 58) and consequently ineffective. These comments also suggest that a ‘police force’ approach implies a ‘single-minded enforcement of the rules’ (Pearce & Tombs, 1990, p. 27).…”

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Farming Intensification in Northern Ireland – A State-Corporate Environmental Harm?

Gladkova

2022

Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime

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Food production may involve serious harms that lie beyond traditional definitions of crime and are not statutorily proscribed. One example of a criminologically under-researched source of harms is intensive farming. Taking a case study of rising intensive pig farming in Northern Ireland, this paper innovatively applies the state-corporate crime framework to analyse the catalysts for environmental and social harm in the country, expanding the knowledge of complex relationships between political and economic actors from a green criminological perspective and further advancing the agenda of ‘greening’ of state-corporate crime (Bradshaw, 2014). It concludes that a state-corporate symbiosis supports and reinforces a market-oriented, profit-driven model of farming that prioritises efficiency and ultimately leads to ‘lawful but awful’ intensification.

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“…al, 2011;McClanahan, 2020;Davies et. al, 2019;White, 2013), it is an undeniable truth recognised by academics, political leaders, supranational organisations, and the energy industry alike that an increase in mining is integral to tackling climate change, achieving net zero and eventually moving toward zero carbon emissions (Abraham, 2015;Alves Dias et. al, 2020;Hund et.…”

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“…Quite simply, the fact that combatting climate change is necessarily built on mining, environmental destruction and pollution is a fundamental and urgent tension for green criminology, one that has yet to be addressed in the criminological and zemiological literature. Notions of 'eco-justice' (White, 2013) need to be extended to cover issues of workers' rights for those operating within these parts of the green industry's supply chain; particularly as efforts to reshore the processing of these minerals in Western nations is, in some cases, taking place in freeports (such as the plant in the Humber freeport) that historically have had relaxed environmental regulations and workers' rights and have been an express concern of parliamentary committees x .…”

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The Post-Covid Future of the Environmental Crisis Industry and its Implications for Green Criminology and Zemiology

Raymen¹,

Smith²

2021

JCCHE

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Smith and Brisman (2020) have argued that our social and cultural orientation toward environmental crises is influenced by the existence of an ‘Environmental Crisis Industry’ (ECI hereafter) that favours environmental ‘solutions’ that are palatable to state corporate interests and the global consumer classes ahead of systemic change. This article, however, argues that the ECI is evolving in the context of political-economic and geopolitical changes that have emerged as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is becoming increasingly focused on renewable energy and the shoring up supply and control over the minerals and natural resources crucial to the energy transition. These, however, are not without their own harms. While green criminology has spent a great deal of time considering the harms and consequences of failing to seriously tackle climate change, it has scarcely considered the potential harms that could emerge if the ECI decided to seriously pursue zero-carbon targets. As the ECI gets more serious, this article considers these potential harms and the implications this has for criminologists and zemiologists interested in climate change and environmental harm.

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Toward eco-justice for all

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If Not Now, Then When? Pathways to Embed Climate Change Within Social Policy

If Not Now, Then When? Pathways to Embed Climate Change Within Social Policy

Farming Intensification in Northern Ireland – A State-Corporate Environmental Harm?

The Post-Covid Future of the Environmental Crisis Industry and its Implications for Green Criminology and Zemiology

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