Environmental justice comprises recognition and participation as well as distribution
Evidence
Justice is about distribution, but it is also about individual and community recognition, participation, and functioning. Groups emphasize different notions of justice, on different issues, in various contexts; there is a flexible, heterogeneous, and plural discourse of justice. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 12
Categorization
- DEFINE: This is the core three-part typology (distributive, recognition, participatory/functioning) the reader wants to extract and reuse across other courses.
- XREF: Directly reusable as the analytic tool for Eco-Justice, Legal Systems, and Soundscape readings — which kind of justice does noise regulation or EJ litigation actually deliver? — connects to: Movement definitions of justice often extend past distributive accounts — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 10; Eco-justice programs must be tailored to each community’s particular history and ecology — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1835; Environmental visibility and remediation access are distributed unequally by race, class, and globalization — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 175 (+21 more)
- recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source
Broader Connections
- Global environmental justice movements define justice as distribution plus recognition, participation, and capabilities.
#corroborates(0.92) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 276 - Environmental justice discourse centers maldistribution over recognition or participation
#contradicts(0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 34 - Environmental justice groups organize already-existing communities that insist on recognition
#exemplifies(0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 230 - Collective identity and dignified recognition define social movements like environmental justice
#expands(0.78) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 229