J. Mijin Cha

Nov 6, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Vivian R. Price |Todd Vachon |Dimitris Stevis |J. Mijin Cha

ABSTRACTPolitics and power are increasingly central to the study of sustainability transitions, including just transitions. One line of research differentiates between incumbent coalitions that resist and insurgent coalitions that promote these transitions. More recently, there has been attention on the politics and power within these coalitions and the implications of who participates and how for the kinds of policy preferences that emerge.

Sep 23, 2024 | dissentmagazine.org | Dustin Guastella |Mark Levinson |Fred Block |J. Mijin Cha

Responses to Fred Block Two responses to “The Problem With a Job Guarantee.” , and ▪ Fall 2024 Our Fall 2024 issue features an article by Fred Block on “The Problem With a Job Guarantee.” Below are two responses to the article, along with a reply from Block. Jobs Are a Source of MeaningFred Block has written an admirable critique of the job guarantee idea from the left.

Jul 29, 2024 | pnas.org | J. Mijin Cha |Nameer R. Baker |Kateryna Zhalnina

R. Morello-Frosch, O. K. Obasogie, The climate gap and the color line—Racial health inequities and climate change. N. Engl. J. Med. 388, 943–949 (2023). S. B. Shonkoff, R. Morello-Frosch, M. Pastor, J. Sadd, The climate gap: Environmental health and equity implications of climate change and mitigation policies in California—A review of the literature. Clim. Change 109, 485–503 (2011).

Jul 25, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Saheli Khastagir |J. Mijin Cha |Kate Aronoff |Alyssa Battistoni

Power Games: How General Electric Exports Privatization By positioning itself as an expert partner in international climate efforts, GE gains access to developing economies, propping up a system that pushes countries deeper into debt and increases their reliance on unsustainable fuels.

Jun 25, 2023 | portside.org | J. Mijin Cha

President Joe Biden has emphasized the need for climate action since he was on the campaign trail. His platform included policies inspired by the Green New Deal, and one of his first acts in office was to issue an omnibus executive order calling for a “Whole of Government” approach to tackling the climate crisis. Then, in August 2022, he signed the Inflation Reduction Act.