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020			_a9780192869050
082			_a304 DEM-F
100			_aDemaria, Federico
245			_aPolitical ecology of informal waste recyclers in India : _bcircular economy, green jobs, and poverty / _cFederico Demaria
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bOxford University Press _c2023
300			_a202 p.
365			_aINR _b1495.00
500			_aWaste is increasingly a site of social conflict. The questions related to waste management are not merely technical; what, how, where, and by whom become intrinsically political questions. This book is about the power relations in recycling, from the viewpoint of political ecology and ecological economics. Informal waste recyclers are invisible for citizens and public policy. This book focuses on environmental conflicts involving them, with two emblematic case studies from India. Firstly, ship breaking, where the metabolism of a global infrastructure, namely shipping, shifts social and environmental costs to very localized communities in order to obtain large profits. Secondly, the conflict around municipal solid waste management in Delhi shows how environmental costs are shifted to urban residents, and recyclers are dispossessed of their livelihood source: recyclable waste. The first is an example of capital accumulation by contamination, while the second involves both dispossession and contamination. The struggles of informal recyclers constitute an attempt to re-politicize waste metabolism beyond techno-managerial solutions by fostering counter-hegemonic discourses and praxis. The book presents a range of experiences, mostly in India but with examples from all over the world, to inform theory on how environments are shaped, politicized, and contested.
650			_aEnvironment and Ecology
650			_aIndia
650			_aRecycling (Waste, etc.)
650			_aSalvage (Waste, etc.)
650			_aThe environment
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