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Abstract
Environmental justice (EJ) scholarship is increasingly framing justice in terms of capabilities. This paper argues that capabilities are fundamentally about well-being and as such there is a need to more explicitly theorize well-being. We explore how capabilities have come to be influential in EJ and how well-being has been approached so far in EJ specifically and human geography more broadly. We then introduce a body of literature from social psychology which has grappled theoretically with questions about well-being, using the insights we gain from it to reflect on some possible trajectories and challenges for EJ as it engages with well-being.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 754-769 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 17 Dec 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- Capabilities
- Environmental ethics
- Environmental justice
- Eudaimonia
- Hedonia
- Justice
- Well-being
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Smarter Homes: Smarter Homes? A netnographic exploration of low carbon living
Reid, L. (PI)
Economic & Social Research Council
1/10/13 → 30/09/18
Project: Fellowship