Converging social justice issues and movements: Implications for political actions and research: Editorial introduction to special issue

Saturnino M. "Jun" Borras, Tsegaye Moreda, Alberto Alonso-Fradejas, Zoe W. Brent

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Abstract

We argue that the multiple contemporary converging crises have significantly
altered the context for and object of political contestations
around agrarian, climate, environmental and food justice issues. These
shifts affect alliances, collaboration and conflict among and between
state and social forces, as well as within and between movements and
societies. The actual implications and mechanisms by which these
changes are happening are empirical questions that need careful investigation.
The bulk of our discussion is dedicated to the issue of responses
to the crises both by capitalist forces and those adversely affected by
the crises, and the implications of these for academic research and political
activist work. More specifically, we explore four thematic clusters,
namely (1) class and intersectionality; (2) sectoral and multisectoral
issues and concerns; (3) importance of immediate, tactical and concrete
issues of working people; and (4) links between national and global
institutional spaces and political processes. We know only a little about
the questions we framed here, but it is just enough to give us the confidence
to argue that these questions are areas of inquiry that deserve
closer attention in terms of both academic research and political
debates and actions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1127-1246
JournalThird World Quarterly
Volume39
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • climate justice
  • environmental justice
  • social justice

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