Environments of Inequality

Multiple environmental crises and persistent patterns of intersectinginequalities are major global concerns. This edited volume contributes to a better understanding of environments of inequality by examining their various formations and expressions from the colonial period to the present with a strong (but not exclusive) focus on the Americas. The nine case studies especially reflect on the interrelationship between social inequality and the natural environment. The authors address crises conflicts and comparisons of inequalities from various disciplinary and regional perspectives. The volume has three thematic sections: first conflicts and contests over resources and territory; second crises of environmental politics; and third constructions of inequality: discourses of disruption. Drawing on ongoing innovative research projects the chapters in this volume discuss highly relevant issues and show that intersectionality is key to understanding environmental inequalities.