Evolution of the environmental justice movement: Activism, formalization and differentiation

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Perez, Alejandro Colsa ^a   Grafton, Bernadette ^a   Mohai, Paul ^a   Hardin, Rebecca ^a   Hintzen, Katy ^a   Orvis, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental justice activism; environmental justice movement; environmental justice organizations; nonprofit organizations; organizational change

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LEGAL STATUS; NATIONAL LAWS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

DIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966289932     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/105002     Document Type: Article

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