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Author Perkins, Tracy E., 1980- author.

Title Evolution of a movement : four decades of California environmental justice activism / Tracy E. Perkins
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : environmental justice activism then and now -- Emergence of the disruptive environmental justice movement -- The institutionalization of the environmental justice movement -- Explaining the changes in environmental justice activism -- Kettleman City : case study of community activism in changing times -- California climate change Bill AB 32 : case study of policy advocacy -- Conclusion : dilemmas of contemporary environmental justice activism -- Appendix : arguments for and against the environmental justice lawsuit brought against the California Air Resources Board
Summary "Despite living and working in California, one of the county's most environmentally progressive states, environmental justice activists have spent decades fighting for clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and safe, healthy communities. Evolution of a Movement tells their story-from the often-raucous protests of the 1980s and 1990s to activists' growing presence inside the halls of the state capitol in the 2000s and 2010s. Tracy E. Perkins traces how shifting political contexts combined with activists' own efforts to institutionalize their work within nonprofits and state structures. By revealing these struggles and transformations, Perkins offers a new lens for understanding environmental justice activism in California. Drawing on case studies and 125 interviews with activists from Sacramento to the California-Mexico border, Perkins explores the successes and failures of the environmental justice movement in California. She shows why some activists have moved away from the disruptive "outsider" political tactics common in the movement's early days and embraced traditional political channels of policy advocacy, electoral politics, and working from within the state's political system to enact change. Although some see these changes as a sign of the growing sophistication of the environmental justice movement, others point to the potential of such changes to blunt grassroots power. At a time when environmental justice scholars and activists face pressing questions about the best route for enacting meaningful change, this book provides insight into the strengths and limitations of social movement institutionalization"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 05, 2022)
Subject Environmental justice -- California -- History
Environmental justice -- California -- Case studies
Environmentalism -- California -- Case studies
Climatic changes -- California
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Climatic changes
Ecology
Environmental justice
Environmentalism
SUBJECT California -- Environmental conditions
Subject California
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021041064
ISBN 9780520976344
0520976347