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Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley

Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:John Gaventa, Gabe SchwartzmanPublish date:1/6/2026Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Illinois PressISBN-13:9780252089060ISBN-10:252089065UPC:9780252089060Book Category:Political Science, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political Economy, Human Geography, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC11MSRMPS

Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley

Published in 1982, John Gaventa's award-winning Power and Powerlessness examined the dominance of the absentee coal industry in Central Appalachia. Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman update the story through coal's decline and into the present while focusing on how power relations and community mobilizing have changed and evolved during this era of transition. Their analysis tracks the impact on a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Illinois PressISBN-13:9780252089060ISBN-10:252089065UPC:9780252089060Book Category:Political Science, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political Economy, Human Geography, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC11MSRMPS
John Gaventa is a professor and research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley. Gabe Schwartzman is an assistant professor of geography and sustainability at the University of Tennessee and has been deeply engaged in community mobilization efforts in the Clear Fork...
Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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