Environmental harm : an eco-justice perspective / Rob White.

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This study of social harm offers a systematic and critical discussion of the nature of environmental harm from an eco-justice perspective, challenging conventional criminological definitions of environmental harm.

Machine generated contents note: Environmental harm and social harm approaches -- Green criminology and environmental harm -- eco-justice perspective -- Conflicting views and moral dilemmas -- One. Justice-based approaches to environmental harm -- Introduction -- Components of an eco-justice perspective -- Contentious concepts -- Key questions about harm -- moral calculus: weighing up the harm -- Conclusion -- Two. Environmental justice and harm to humans -- Introduction -- Contentious concepts: environmental justice -- Social patterns of harm and risk -- Harm, place and the local -- Transborder conflicts over land -- Conclusion: measuring the value of human life -- Three. Conservation, ecological justice and harm to nature -- Introduction -- Contentious concepts: ecological justice -- Transforming nature -- Land, property and the global commons -- Conservationism and social division -- Conclusion: measuring the value of nature -- Four. Species justice and harm to animals -- Introduction -- Contentious concepts: species justice -- Categorising animals -- Crime, criminology and animals -- Animals, particular species and individuals -- Conclusion: measuring the value of animals -- Five. Toward eco-justice for all -- Introduction -- Contentious concepts: eco-justice -- Nature, species and culture -- Socio-economic context of environmental harm -- Eco-justice in practice -- Conclusion: where to from here?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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