Environmental Victims and Resistance to State Crime Through Transnational Activism

In this article the author examines state crimes against the environment. He defines such criminality as pollution, overuse of sustainable industries such as forestry and fishery for financial gain, and the exploitation of humans and animals by a minority at the expense of the majority public good....

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Autor principal: White, Rob (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
En: Social justice
Año: 2009, Volumen: 36, Número: 3, Páginas: 46-60
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Palabras clave:
Pollution
Forests & forestry
Public Goods
State crimes
Environmental activism
Environmental crimes
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Sumario:In this article the author examines state crimes against the environment. He defines such criminality as pollution, overuse of sustainable industries such as forestry and fishery for financial gain, and the exploitation of humans and animals by a minority at the expense of the majority public good. The central focus of the article is an examination of environmental activism and the actions of victims. Also explored is the fact that the state can simultaneously be the defender of the environment and the aggressor against it.
ISSN:2327-641X