karen bell: environmental justice in cuba: the use of degrowth policies for sustainable development
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Environmental Justice in Cuba: The Use of Degrowth Policies for Sustainable
DevelopmentKaren Bell
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
EJ Origins and Development
What is Environmental Justice?
Contested concept. • ‘Distributive' justice – the equal distribution of
environmental ‘goods and bads’• ‘Procedural’ justice – meaningful participation
in environmental decision-making processes • ‘Substantive’ justice – a healthy living and
working environment
Causes of Environmental Injustice
• Discrimination? (Bullard, 1983; 1994; 2007; PinderHughes, 1996; Center, 1996).
• Market efficiency? (Been, 1994; Lambert and Boerner, 1997)
• Industrialisation? (Beck, 1992, 1995, 1999; Schnaiberg and Gould, 2000)
• Power inequalities? (Berry, 2003; Boyce, 2001; Pastor, 2001)
• Political economy of capitalism? (McClintock, 1995; Marable, 1983; Pellow, 2007)
Environmental Justice in Cuba?
