New politics or environmental class struggle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4328604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Layfield (University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-19 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644010701811244 |
| OpenAlex | W2007782802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
The expansion of capitalism into new places and new activities has encountered various forms of resistance around the world. It is argued that this opposition represents a form of environmental class struggle. Such a struggle involves the refusal of integration of both people and environment into capital's social relations. Such struggles are undertaken by those whose way of life and labour are being proletarianised by capital's expansion. As such, they have a particular relation to, and focus on, material production and reproduction. Their struggles have the potential to disrupt capital's system of social relations, and the accumulation process on which it depends. This political and environmental potential lies in their ability to disrupt accumulation, and to reclaim environmental conditions at risk of capitalisation
Biology · Capital accumulation · Capitalism · Class conflict · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relations of production · Reproduction · Social capital · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |