Building a Green Economy
Advancing Climate Justice Through Environmental-Labor Alliances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6304750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna L Robinson (0000-0002-4416-2330, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-264 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mobilization An International Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1086-671X • E-ISSN: 1938-1514 |
| Publisher | Mobilization Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17813/1086-671x-25-2-245 |
| OpenAlex | W3040861462 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
This article explores the role of environmental-labor coalitions in creating opportunities to promote green jobs and to shape climate change policies. The development of a green economy is critical for combating climate change, as well as for addressing rising unemployment and the expansion of precarious work. My research is based on a qualitative study of environmental-labor coalitions in California, United States, and British Columbia, Canada, including fifty-six in-depth digitally recorded interviews with environmental and labor movement leaders and policymakers. The findings point to the importance of three key mechanisms that shape the success of these coalitions: (1) drawing on the strength of organizational diversity, (2) fostering relationships of trust that allow organizations to adopt flexible ideologies, make concessions and tradeoffs, and create hybrid identities, and (3) frame bridging by local social justice organizations to mitigate conflict between environmental and labor movements
Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental justice · Green Economy · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainable development · Unemployment · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
Justiça climática, como e onde é estudada
People’s action for climate justice
Working towards a green job
‘We Need Communities of Color’
Event Coalitions after the Event
Coalition‐building and the forging of solidarity across difference and inequality
Community picket lines and social movement unionism on the U.S. docks, 2014–2021
The Ecology of Environmental Association
Des changements climatiques au changement social
Building a new environmentalism
Division of Labor for Effective Coalitions in Gender Policy Campaigns in South Korea
| Citations per year | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |