Misrecognition creates structural obstacles that block political participation

Evidence

Benjamin Chavis’s definition of environmental racism (1993: 3) includes ‘the history of excluding people of color from the mainstream environmental groups, decision-making boards, commissions, and regulatory bodies’. In addition, one can certainly see a link between a lack of individual or cultural recognition and a lack of valid participation in the political process. Simply put, misrecognition due to racism and/or classism creates real structural obstacles to political participation. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 239

Categorization

• DEFINE: Positions recognition and participation as causally linked within the EJ movement’s own definitional vocabulary — usable as the analysis tool across the polyad.
• XREF: Reinforces the same recognition-participation-distribution linkage established in earlier chapters (23, 24, 25) — the hinge claim. — connects to: Social movements arise from lived disrespect, disempowerment, and capability destruction. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 167; Group misrecognition produces distributive injustice through social structures and institutions. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 64; Misrecognition is a cultural and institutional injustice rooted in representation and communication. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 67 (+5 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Misrecognition and political exclusion structurally block poor communities’ participation in environmental decisions #corroborates (0.95) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 248
• Demands for authentic participation arise from disenfranchisement and misrecognition experience. #expands (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 278
• Political struggle generates historically emergent self-recognition of subjects #expands (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 234