From Carbon Democracy to Carbon Rebellion: Countering Petro-Hegemony on the Frontlines of Climate Justice

• Published in: Journal of World-Systems Research
• Main Author: Theo LeQuesne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2019
• Subjects: Petro-Hegemony; Carbon Democracy; Climate Justice; Blockadia; Social Movements; Political science; J; Social Sciences; H; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2019.905; https://doaj.org/article/fd4ff43cb04043109233a841350471f7

This essay combines salient instances of climate justice activism in key battlegrounds against the fossil fuel industry in the United States and Canada with theoretical interventions in studies of corporate power, grassroots democracy, and counter hegemony. It explores Timothy Mitchell's Carbon...