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Bringing environmental justice to the centre of environmental law research: developing a collective case study methodology

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:48 authored by Jane Holder, Donald McgillivrayDonald Mcgillivray
Drawing on classic studies of environmental justice, as well as our smaller scale experience of using case studies to research environmental assessment and the protection of open green spaces, we suggest that collective case studies (also known as multisite or multiple case studies) offer an opportunity to map out and realise common concerns and losses and the similar experiences of legal hurdles and challenges on the part of geographically disparate local communities. The collective nature of these studies helps to build up a picture of environmental injustices across different, but related, cases and are capable of revealing broad discriminatory and unfair practices in environmental decision making which may form part of a pattern of experiencing discrimination and lack of influence and participation in decision making extending beyond the specifics of a particular site, environmental conflict or legal dispute. In this respect, the development of collective case studies provides a method of research practice but may also contribute to the generation or development of theories of environmental justice, crossing the line between specificity/context of experience in a locality and generality/unity of theory.

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Publisher

Routledge

Page range

184-206

Pages

608.0

Book title

Research Methods in Environmental Law: A Handbook

Place of publication

Cheltenham

ISBN

9781784712563

Series

Handbooks of Research Methods in Law

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  • Law Publications

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  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications

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  • Yes

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  • No

Editors

Victoria Brooks, Andreas Philoppopoulos-Mihaelopolous

Legacy Posted Date

2017-11-13

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-02-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-02-01

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