Dynamics of Environmental & Climate Justice: Movements, Countermovements, & Institutional…

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This course examines the contentious politics of the environmental justice and climate justice movements. We explore how these movements and their opposition work to shape political opportunities and responses. We will consider the substantive concerns of the environmental justice movement, the climate justice movement, their methods, and the scales at which they operate (local, national, global). Social movements of political significance will generate opposition. So, we will consider the countermovements that challenge both justice movements. These topics will be explored using a range of materials as well as through field observations of movement activities and other events. FOCUS program students only.