Environmental Inequalities and Democratic Citizenship: Linking Normative Theory with Empirical Research

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to link empirical findings concerning environmental inequalities with different normative yard-sticks for assessing whether these inequalities should be deemed unjust, or not. We argue that such an inquiry must necessarily take into account some caveats regarding both empirical research and normative theory. We suggest that empirical results must be contextualised by establishing geographies of risk. As a normative yard-stick we propose a moderately demanding social-egalitarian account of justice and democratic citizenship, which we take to be best suited to identify unjust as well as legitimate instances of socio-environmental inequality.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Environmental Inequalities and Democratic Citizenship: Linking Normative Theory with Empirical Research ; volume:36 ; number:2 ; year:2014 ; pages:345-366 ; extent:22 ; Analyse & Kritik ; 36, Heft 2 (2014), 345-366 (gesamt 22)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Schuppert, Fabian ; Wallimann-Helmer, Ivo

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/auk-2014-0208
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171648505.515518214152
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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