Working across Lines: Resisting Extreme Energy Extraction

By: Corrie Grosse

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Synopsis: How are communities uniting against fracking and tar sands to change our energy future? Working across Lines offers a detailed comparative analysis of climate justice coalitions in California and Idaho—two states with distinct fossil fuel histories, environmental contexts, and political cultures. Drawing on ethnographic evidence from 106 in-depth interviews and three years of participant observation, Corrie Grosse investigates the ways people build effective energy justice coalitions across differences in political views, race and ethnicity, age, and strategic preferences. This book argues for four practices that are critical for movement building: focusing on core values of justice, accountability, and integrity; identifying the roots of injustice; cultivating relationships among activists; and welcoming difference. In focusing on coalitions related to energy and climate justice, Grosse provides important models for bridging divides to reach common goals. These lessons are more relevant than ever.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 272 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780520388420
Related ISBNs:: 9780520388413, 9780520388406
Publisher:: University of California Press
Date of Addition:: 08/27/22
Copyrighted By:: Corrie Grosse
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.