Justice dimensions are inseparable in global environmental movement discourse

Evidence

Beyond simply indicating that demands for social and environmental justice include elements of equity, recognition, participation, and capabilities, this exploration of articulations of global environmental justice on the part of global and southern NGOs illustrates that these conceptions are thoroughly linked. It is not simply that the justice of environmental justice in political practice includes these varied issues and conceptions; the broader argument here is that the movement represents an integration of these various claims into a broad call for justice. In the various organizations that articulate environmental justice at a global scale, such as those I have discussed here, one simply cannot talk of one aspect of justice without it leading to another. Not only are the different conceptions of justice apparent in the environmental justice discourse, but the literature and actions of the groups imply that these notions of justice must be interrelated. In fact, I did not discuss calls for participation by indigenous groups in the appropriate section above because I simply could not find such calls that were distinct from the demands for recognition; they are, in the literature of indigenous groups fighting for environmental justice, integrally related. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 333

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the book’s core typology claim: participation demands by indigenous groups cannot be separated from recognition demands. Useful for the reader’s cross-course typology tool.
• XREF: Pays off earlier chapters’ separation of participation from recognition (ch23 hinge, ch25 trivalence) by showing movements fuse them empirically. — connects to: Eco-justice joins ecological and cultural critique in four linked commitments. — David A. Gruenewald, The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical…, 54; Environmental justice discourse centers maldistribution over recognition or participation — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 34; A shared justice vocabulary can unify environmental and ecological justice movements — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 41 (+9 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• One integrated justice discourse can serve both human and ecological struggles #corroborates (0.90) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 552