Kapitalismus und Natur
Konflikte zwischen Gewerkschaften und Umweltbewegung im indischen Kerala
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https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v55i219.2186Schlagworte:
Arbeit-Umwelt-Konflikte, Gewerkschaften, Sozial-ökologische Transformationskonflikte, Working-Class EnvironmentalismAbstract
In dem Artikel werden die Konflikte zwischen Gewerkschaften und einer Umweltbewegung der Arbeiterklasse im Zusammenhang mit der industriellen Umweltverschmutzung im indischen Industriezentrum Eloor-Edayar untersucht. Mit dem Ansatz der Environmental Labour Studies und gestützt auf ethnografische Untersuchungen sowie Tiefeninterviews werden das Framing und die Interpretationen beider Bewegungen erklärt. Ihre Auseinandersetzungen begründen sich in (1) gegensätzlichen wirtschaftlichen Interessen, (2) unterschiedlichem Umweltbewusstsein und (3) einer hegemonialen Koalition zwischen Gewerkschaften und Industrie. Die Studie unterstreicht die Notwendigkeit, die Perspektiven der Warenproduktion und der Lebensgestaltung bzw. der sozialen Reproduktion miteinander zu verbinden, um eine breit angelegte Allianz zwischen institutionalisierten Gewerkschaften und Umweltbewegungen der Arbeiterklasse im globalen Süden zu ermöglichen.
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