| ID | 162616 |
| Title Proper | Converging social justice issues and movements |
| Other Title Information | implications for political actions and research |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Borras, Saturnino M |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | We argue that the multiple contemporary converging crises have significantly altered the context for and object of political contestations around agrarian, climate, environmental and food justice issues. These shifts affect alliances, collaboration and conflict among and between state and social forces, as well as within and between movements and societies. The actual implications and mechanisms by which these changes are happening are empirical questions that need careful investigation. The bulk of our discussion is dedicated to the issue of responses to the crises both by capitalist forces and those adversely affected by the crises, and the implications of these for academic research and political activist work. More specifically, we explore four thematic clusters, namely (1) class and intersectionality; (2) sectoral and multisectoral issues and concerns; (3) importance of immediate, tactical and concrete issues of working people; and (4) links between national and global institutional spaces and political processes. We know only a little about the questions we framed here, but it is just enough to give us the confidence to argue that these questions are areas of inquiry that deserve closer attention in terms of both academic research and political debates and actions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 39, No.7; Jul 2018: p.1227-1246 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol: 39 No 7 |
| Key Words | Social Justice ; Environmental Justice ; Agrarian Justice ; Climate Justice |