1st Edition
Environmental Justice as Decolonization Political Contention, Innovation and Resistance Over Indigenous Fishing Rights in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
By Julia Miller Cantzler
Copyright 2021
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book corrects the tendency in scholarly work to leave Indigenous peoples on the margins of discussions of environmental inequality by situating them as central activists in struggles to achieve environmental justice. Drawing from archival and interview data, it examines and compares the historical and contemporary processes through which Indigenous fishing rights have been negotiated in the... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Colonization and Fishing in Australia, New Zealand and the United States
3. State-Indigenous Contention, Decolonization and Environmental Justice
4. Political Opportunities and Obstacles: The Legacies of Colonization
5. Indigenous Resources: Formal Structures, Allies and Free Spaces
6. Indigenous Innovation and Action
7. The Cultural Dynamics of Indigenous Claims-making
8. Conclusion
Biography
Julia Miller Cantzler is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego, USA. She is also an attorney with expertise in the fields of federal Indian law and environmental law.
