Environmental Justice and Political Ecology: Between Synergies and Mutual Benefits Towards Desirable Social Futures

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2022v11i2.p214-232

Keywords:

justiça ambiental, ecologia política, revisão sistemática de literatura, direito a ser, relações de poder

Abstract

This article gathers the central debates on Environmental Justice (EJ) and its relation to Political Ecology (PE). The theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the evolution of the concept of EJ are observed, considering the definition of its empirical field, highlighting the main methods and techniques used and the synergies that have resulted from its intertwining with PE. The aim is to understand the complexity of current socio-environmental issues and to identify future research paths on social and ecological justice. This article draws on a systematic literature review and on narrative literature review accessed through snowball methods. The researched articles were grouped into four research axes derived from the bibliometric treatment: 1. material conditions with perspectives for change; 2. power relations and resistance to an economic rationale; 3. politicization of sustainability narratives; 4. intercultural activism and actors' emancipation. Notwithstanding the theoretical-empirical breadth and diversity found in the literature, the normative idea of justice united with PE proved to be axiological when it comes to proposing desirable social futures.

Author Biography

Pedro Gabriel Silva, CETRAD/Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Doutor em Estudos Contemporâneos, pela Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Espanha. Professor Auxiliar no Departamento de Economia, Sociologia e Gestão (DESG) da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), em Vila Real, Portugal.

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Published

2022-08-02

How to Cite

SARDÃO, Maíra; SILVA, Pedro Gabriel. Environmental Justice and Political Ecology: Between Synergies and Mutual Benefits Towards Desirable Social Futures. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 2, p. 214–232, 2022. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2022v11i2.p214-232. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/6262. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.