IR 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Eco-Terrorism, Marshall Islands, Environmental Justice
21 Dec 2016
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We"re all shocked but not shocked how little of a topic the environment has been. Trump has said in the first 100 days he would tear up the agreement. Obama administration is treating it as an agreement, not a treaty. So it doesn"t have to be ratified through the senate. Document says after x years countries can submit to be removed, which would take a year. Tactics: civil disobedience, sit ins, lockdowns, demonstration vs letter writing, lobbying. Discourse = specific ensembles of ideas, concepts, and categorization that are produced, reproduced, and transformed in a particular set of practices . Environmental justice focuses on social implications of environmentalism, how it plays out (hint, usually unequally) Afton, north carolina was a big deal, government dumping nasty waste despite protest. Ucc 1987 report - race is best predictor of haz waste locations. 17 principles of ej produced at 1991 first people of color summit.
