The Sage Handbook of Eco-Social Policy and Politics 2/e

Karen Bell is Professor of Social and Environmental Justice in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. Her work focuses on Environmental Justice, Just Transition, the environmental costs of militarism, and eco-social policy. Her book publications include 'Achieving Environmental Justice' in 2014; 'Working Class Environmentalism' in 2020; and 'Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism' in 2021. She is currently working on two large international research projects investigating Romani sustainability practices (AHRC funded) and military use of critical minerals (ESRC funded). Emma Foster is an Associate Professor of International Politics and Gender at the University of Birmingham. She has published work on sustainable development and environmental governance, exploring how related concepts and policies understand and integrate sex(uality) and gender. Emma has also published on ecofeminism and queer ecology. Currently, she is researching (along with- among others - fellow contributor, Peter Kerr) the tensions and potential synergies across, between and within queer and environmental activist networks and movements. She has published in a wide range of academic journals including 'Globalisations', 'Gender, Place and Culture', 'Policy and Politics', 'Feminist Theory' and 'Global Political Economy'. Silpa Satheesh works as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Her research interests are broadly centered in the fields of social movements, Environmental Labour Studies, political economy and social dimensions of climate change. Her book 'Labour, Nature and Capitalism: Exploring Labour-Environmental Conflicts in Kerala, India' (2025, UCL Press) looks at the tensions between trade unions and a working-class environmental movement. Silpa has published her research in journals and edited volumes including 'Critical Asian Studies', 'Sociology Compass', 'The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Labour Studies', and 'Interface: A journal for and about social movements'.

Introduction - Karen Bell, Emma Foster, and Silpa Satheesh Section 1: Theory, Concepts, Context Chapter 1: Just Transition as a Contested Ecosocial Strategy - Dimitris Stevis Chapter 2: Socio-Ecological Risks: A Definition, Taxonomy and Operationalisation - Matteo Mandelli, Anne-Laure Beaussier, Tom Chevalier, and Bruno Palier Chapter 3: Global Eco-Social Policy: The Integration of the Ecological, the Economic and the Social in International Organisations' Policy Proposals - John Berten, Robin Schulze Waltrup, and Alexandra Kaasch Chapter 4: Contested Places: Navigating the Politics of the X-Minute City - Justine Gangneux Chapter 5: Eco-Social Policies in the Global South and North: Potential and Challenges for Creating New Eco-Social Contracts - Katja Hujo and Gabriele Koehler Chapter 6: Bringing the Climate Emergency into the Mainstream of Social Policy: A Cross-Cutting Review of Major Gaps, Opportunities, and Needed Action - Harriet Thomson, Carolyn Snell, Ana Stojilovska, Karla Ricalde, Stella Volturo, Nessa Winston, Milena Buechs, Diana Valero, Robin Schulze Waltrup, Anna Seaton O'Connor, Nora Ratzmann, Angus Lee, Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti, and Rebecca Ince Chapter 7: Doughnut Economics, Degrowth and Eco-Social Transition - Mladen Domazet Chapter 8: Eco-Social Welfare Integration in Germany - Katharina Bohnenberger, Maddalena Lamura, and Julia Cremer Section 2: Politics of Eco-Social Crisis Chapter 9: Demilitarizing to Decarbonize - Miriam Pemberton Chapter 10: Wetland Management in Bangladesh - Rehnuma Ferdous and Tata Zafar Chapter 11: The Eco-Social Politics of Waste in Southeast Asia - Julie Gilson and Alejandra Duenas Chapter 12: Unlike Father, the Son? Displacement and Intergenerational Mobility Along the Coasts in Kerala - Akhila Kumaran and S. Mohammed Irshad Chapter 13: Land Tenure Policy and Eco-Social Justice in Ethiopia: Revisiting 'Land to the Tiller' Motto Fifty Years On - Gutu Olana Wayessa Chapter 14: From Environmental Protection to Greenwashing: Framing Sustainable Development in Brazilian Media - Juliana Sampaio Pedroso de Holanda, and Pietari Kaeaepae Section 3: Eco-Social Policy Chapter 15: Renewable Energy and Regional Development: Implications for Eco-Social Policy - Darryn Snell and Al Rainnie Chapter 16: Eco-Social Justice and the 'Everyday' Neighbourhood Environment - Annette Hastings Chapter 17: Tiny Houses: A Housing Solution or a Planning Problem? - Sina Shahab Chapter 18: The Dark Side of Urban Liveability: Questioning the Liveable City as a Planning Ideal-Type - Elisabetta Mocca Chapter 19: Why Renewable Energy Expansion Hasn't Been Fast Enough in South Korea: A Political Economy Perspective - Sun-Jin Yun and Seunghyeok Ahn Chapter 20: Failing Better: The Unlikely Eco-Social Welfare State in Germany - Stefan Schoppengerd Chapter 21: Green Job Guarantees: A Small Puzzle Piece of Environmental Policy or a First Step For A System Change? - Dennis Tamesberger, Simon Theurl, and Daniel Witzani-Haim Chapter 22: The Growth Dependence of the Welfare State - David Palomera and Peter Starke Section 4: Eco-Social Movements, Activism, Resistance Chapter 23: Identity-Rooted Communality as the Underlying Driver for Forest Conservation in Three Territories in Guatemala - Monica Salazar Vides and Jose Pablo Prado Cordova Chapter 24: Territory and Nature in Zapatista Discourse: Social Movements, Conflict and the Environment - Thomas Bobo Chapter 25: The Queer Eco-Social Movement and the Radical Potential of Queer Ecology - Emma Foster and Peter Kerr Chapter 26: Climate Reparations and the Peace Transition - Lorah Steichen, Patrick Bigger, and Khem Rogaly Chapter 27: Situating Sovereign Debt within the Climate-Debt Cycle: The Colonial Origins, Financial Hierarchy, and Epistemic Roots of Sovereign Debt in the Global South - Bhumika Muchhala Chapter 28: The Eco-Social and Intercultural Pact of the South and Green Transitions in Eastern Europe - Ioana Pantilimon Chapter 29: 'Eat the Rich!': The Ecological Case for the Redistribution of Income and Wealth - Karen Bell Chapter 30: From Eco-Social Policy to Eco-Socialism in an Era of Ideological Flux - Patrick Bond Section 5: Eco-Social Transformation/Futures Chapter 31: Reimagining Environmental as Eco-Social Politics and Policy: Towards Eco-Social Alliances 'From Below' - Richard Baernthaler Chapter 32: The Transformative Potential of Eco-Social Welfare, Navigating between Pragmatic and Utopian Possibilities in the Welfare Work-Care Nexus - Fiona Dukelow and Mary P. Murphy Chapter 33: Promoting the Ecosocial Transition of Societies: Advancing Political and Structural Action in Social Work - Kati Naerhi, Heather Boetto, and Satu Ranta-Tyrkkoe Chapter 34: Ecological Civilization in China: Striving for Unity, Harmony and Reciprocity with Nature - Bing Xue, Bin Han, Hongqing Li, Jianshi Wang, and Karen Bell Chapter 35: Cuba's Life Work: 'Tarea Vida' and Three Decades of Eco-Social Policy - Jorge Alfredo Carballo Concepcion, Helen Yaffe, Janet Rojas Martinez, and Karen Bell Chapter 36: Vivir Bien: Effective, Equitable and Decolonial Eco-Social Policy in Bolivia - Karen Bell and Thomas Muhr Chapter 37: Mexican Humanism and the Transformation of the Yucatan Peninsula - Etienne von Bertrab