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The Political Ecology of Informal Waste Recyclers in India - Circular Economy, Green Jobs, and Poverty (Hardcover)
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The Political Ecology of Informal Waste Recyclers in India - Circular Economy, Green Jobs, and Poverty (Hardcover)
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Waste is increasingly a site of social conflict. The questions
related to waste management are not merely technical; what, how,
where, and by whom become intrinsically political questions. This
book is about the power relations in recycling, from the viewpoint
of political ecology and ecological economics. Informal waste
recyclers are invisible for citizens and public policy. This book
focuses on environmental conflicts involving them, with two
emblematic case studies from India. Firstly, ship breaking, where
the metabolism of a global infrastructure, namely shipping, shifts
social and environmental costs to very localized communities in
order to obtain large profits. Secondly, the conflict around
municipal solid waste management in Delhi shows how environmental
costs are shifted to urban residents, and recyclers are
dispossessed of their livelihood source: recyclable waste. The
first is an example of capital accumulation by contamination, while
the second involves both dispossession and contamination. The
struggles of informal recyclers constitute an attempt to
re-politicize waste metabolism beyond techno-managerial solutions
by fostering counter-hegemonic discourses and praxis. The book
presents a range of experiences, mostly in India but with examples
from all over the world, to inform theory on how environments are
shaped, politicized, and contested.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Federico Demaria
(Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology)
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-286905-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-19-286905-1 |
Barcode: |
9780192869050 |
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