Globalization critiques center the inequitable distribution of both goods and bads

Evidence

On all of these issues, goes the argument, there is not only inequity in the distribution of the profits that such environmentally destructive practices bring, but also inequity in terms of who receives the bads— the pollution, waste, lack of resources, and theft of intellectual property related to local environmental knowledge. The central critique of the institutions of this new world economy is that they promote an inherently inequitable distribution of economic goods and related social and environmental bads. Social justice, environmental justice, and ecological justice are tied together in these critiques, as the poor suffer both social and environmental inequity and nature is drained of resources for economic gain. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 287

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly usable in analysis of which justice dimension global EJ movements foreground; extends ch50 finding that distribution is the most cited dimension. — connects to: Globalization is externally imposed and benefits globalizers over its victims — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1502; Corporations internalize profits while externalizing risks onto the poor global South — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 137; Globalization weakens national sovereignty while deepening global inequalities — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 319 (+5 more)

Broader Connections