Converging social justice issues and movements: implications for political actions and research. Issue 7 (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Borras Jr., Saturnino M.; Moreda, Tsegaye; Alonso-Fradejas, Alberto; Brent, Zoe W.
• Is Part Of: Third world quarterly. Volume 39:Issue 7(2018)
• Page Start: 1227
• Page End: 1246
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Agrarian justice -- climate justice -- environmental justice -- social justice; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 909.09724
• DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2018.1491301
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-6597

Abstract

Abstract: 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.