SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vandana Shiva, Port Arthur, Texas, Kitimat
30 Nov 2013
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Challenging the system: the future of inequality (resistance) Environmental racism (reference to northern gateway pipeline) Vandana shiva (1981, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 2005) Reformative social movements: seek to reform some specific aspect of society. Transformative social movements: seek to transform the social order itself and replace it with a different version of society (henslin and nelson, 1996) Deprivation theory: people who are deprived of things join social movements with the hope of redressing these imbalances. Relative deprivation theory: their relative experiences (their subjective experience of deprivation) Moral and ideological commitment for those who are part of a social movement (henslin and nelson, 1996) Environmental racism: poor are vulnerable to environmental destructions (sernau 311- Twin pipelines from brunderheim, alberta to kitimat, british columbia. Alberta keystone pipeline (toronto star, saturday june 9, 2012) Oil from hartdisty, alberta to port arthur, texas. Dr. vandana shiva (physicist, environmentalist, activist, author or numerous books )
