Karen Bell is Professor of Social and Environmental Justice in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. Her work focuses on Environmental Justice, Just Transition, the environmental costs of militarism, and eco-social policy.  Her book publications include ‘Achieving Environmental Justice’ in 2014; ‘Working Class Environmentalism’ in 2020; and ‘Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism’ in 2021.  She is currently working on two large international research projects investigating Romani sustainability practices (AHRC funded) and military use of critical minerals (ESRC funded).Emma Foster is an Associate Professor of International Politics and Gender at the University of Birmingham. She has published work on sustainable development and environmental governance, exploring how related concepts and policies understand and integrate sex(uality) and gender. Emma has also published on ecofeminism and queer ecology. Currently, she is researching (along with- among others - fellow contributor, Peter Kerr) the tensions and potential synergies across, between and within queer and environmental activist networks and movements. She has published in a wide range of academic journals including ‘Globalisations’, ‘Gender, Place and Culture’, ‘Policy and Politics’, ‘Feminist Theory’ and ‘Global Political Economy’. Silpa Satheesh works as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Her research interests are broadly centered in the fields of social movements, Environmental Labour Studies, political economy and social dimensions of climate change. Her book ‘Labour, Nature and Capitalism: Exploring Labour-Environmental Conflicts in Kerala, India’ (2025, UCL Press) looks at the tensions between trade unions and a working-class environmental movement. Silpa has published her research in journals and edited volumes including ‘Critical Asian Studies’, ‘Sociology Compass’, ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Labour Studies’, and ‘Interface: A journal for and about social movements’.

The Sage Handbook of Eco-Social Policy and Politics provides a fresh stocktaking of theoretical and empirical research as well as policy responses to the polycrisis that our planet finds itself in. It is organized around the five themes: concepts, politics, policy, movements and transformation, and offers a unique selection of perspectives and scholars from around the world. This book will be of great benefit to anyone who cares for the survival of humanity and other species. The strong Global South focus is a much-needed addition to existing literature on degrowth, sustainable welfare and eco-social policies.

• Introduction - Karen Bell, Emma Foster, and Silpa SatheeshSection 1: Theory, Concepts, ContextChapter 1: Just Transition as a Contested Ecosocial Strategy - Dimitris StevisChapter 2: Socio-Ecological Risks: A Definition, Taxonomy and Operationalisation - Matteo Mandelli, Anne-Laure Beaussier, Tom Chevalier, and Bruno PalierChapter 3: Global Eco-Social Policy: The Integration of the Ecological, the Economic and the Social in International Organisations’ Policy Proposals - John Berten, Robin Schulze Waltrup, and Alexandra KaaschChapter 4: Contested Places: Navigating the Politics of the X-Minute City - Justine Gangneux Chapter 5: Eco-Social Policies in the Global South and North: Potential and Challenges for Creating New Eco-Social Contracts - Katja Hujo and Gabriele KöhlerChapter 6: Bringing the Climate Emergency into the Mainstream of Social Policy: A Cross-Cutting Review of Major Gaps, Opportunities, and Needed Action - Harriet Thomson, Carolyn Snell, Ana Stojilovska, Karla Ricalde, Stella Volturo, Nessa Winston, Milena Büchs, Diana Valero, Robin Schulze Waltrup, Anna Seaton O’Connor, Nora Ratzmann, Angus Lee, Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti, and Rebecca InceChapter 7: Doughnut Economics, Degrowth and Eco-Social Transition - Mladen DomazetChapter 8: Eco-Social Welfare Integration in Germany - Katharina Bohnenberger, Maddalena Lamura, and Julia CremerSection 2: Politics of Eco-Social CrisisChapter 9: Demilitarizing to Decarbonize - Miriam PembertonChapter 10: Wetland Management in Bangladesh - Rehnuma Ferdous and Tata ZafarChapter 11: The Eco-Social Politics of Waste in Southeast Asia - Julie Gilson and Alejandra DueñasChapter 12: Unlike Father, the Son? Displacement and Intergenerational Mobility Along the Coasts in Kerala - Akhila Kumaran and S. Mohammed IrshadChapter 13: Land Tenure Policy and Eco-Social Justice in Ethiopia: Revisiting ‘Land to the Tiller’ Motto Fifty Years On - Gutu Olana WayessaChapter 14: From Environmental Protection to Greenwashing: Framing Sustainable Development in Brazilian Media - Juliana Sampaio Pedroso de Holanda, and Pietari KääpäSection 3: Eco-Social PolicyChapter 15: Renewable Energy and Regional Development: Implications for Eco-Social Policy - Darryn Snell and Al RainnieChapter 16: Eco-Social Justice and the ‘Everyday’ Neighbourhood Environment - Annette HastingsChapter 17: Tiny Houses: A Housing Solution or a Planning Problem? - Sina ShahabChapter 18: The Dark Side of Urban Liveability: Questioning the Liveable City as a Planning Ideal-Type - Elisabetta MoccaChapter 19: Why Renewable Energy Expansion Hasn′t Been Fast Enough in South Korea: A Political Economy Perspective - Sun-Jin Yun and Seunghyeok AhnChapter 20: Failing Better: The Unlikely Eco-Social Welfare State in Germany - Stefan SchoppengerdChapter 21: Green Job Guarantees: A Small Puzzle Piece of Environmental Policy or a First Step For A System Change? - Dennis Tamesberger, Simon Theurl, and Daniel Witzani-HaimChapter 22: The Growth Dependence of the Welfare State - David Palomera and Peter StarkeSection 4: Eco-Social Movements, Activism, ResistanceChapter 23: Identity-Rooted Communality as the Underlying Driver for Forest Conservation in Three Territories in Guatemala - Mónica Salazar Vides and José Pablo Prado CórdovaChapter 24: Territory and Nature in Zapatista Discourse: Social Movements, Conflict and the Environment - Thomas BoboChapter 25: The Queer Eco-Social Movement and the Radical Potential of Queer Ecology - Emma Foster and Peter KerrChapter 26: Climate Reparations and the Peace Transition - Lorah Steichen, Patrick Bigger, and Khem RogalyChapter 27: Situating Sovereign Debt within the Climate-Debt Cycle: The Colonial Origins, Financial Hierarchy, and Epistemic Roots of Sovereign Debt in the Global South - Bhumika MuchhalaChapter 28: The Eco-Social and Intercultural Pact of the South and Green Transitions in Eastern Europe - Ioana PantilimonChapter 29: ‘Eat the Rich!’: The Ecological Case for the Redistribution of Income and Wealth - Karen Bell Chapter 30: From Eco-Social Policy to Eco-Socialism in an Era of Ideological Flux - Patrick BondSection 5: Eco-Social Transformation/FuturesChapter 31: Reimagining Environmental as Eco-Social Politics and Policy: Towards Eco-Social Alliances ‘From Below’ - Richard BärnthalerChapter 32: The Transformative Potential of Eco-Social Welfare, Navigating between Pragmatic and Utopian Possibilities in the Welfare Work-Care Nexus - Fiona Dukelow and Mary P. MurphyChapter 33: Promoting the Ecosocial Transition of Societies: Advancing Political and Structural Action in Social Work - Kati Närhi, Heather Boetto, and Satu Ranta-TyrkköChapter 34: Ecological Civilization in China: Striving for Unity, Harmony and Reciprocity with Nature - Bing Xue, Bin Han, Hongqing Li, Jianshi Wang, and Karen BellChapter 35: Cuba’s Life Work: ‘Tarea Vida’ and Three Decades of Eco-Social Policy - Jorge Alfredo Carballo Concepción, Helen Yaffe, Janet Rojas Martínez, and Karen BellChapter 36: Vivir Bien: Effective, Equitable and Decolonial Eco-Social Policy in Bolivia - Karen Bell and Thomas MuhrChapter 37: Mexican Humanism and the Transformation of the Yucatán Peninsula - Étienne von Bertrab

Karen Bell is Professor of Social and Environmental Justice in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. Her work focuses on Environmental Justice, Just Transition, the environmental costs of militarism, and eco-social policy.  Her book publications include ‘Achieving Environmental Justice’ in 2014; ‘Working Class Environmentalism’ in 2020; and ‘Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism’ in 2021.  She is currently working on two large international research projects investigating Romani sustainability practices (AHRC funded) and military use of critical minerals (ESRC funded).Emma Foster is an Associate Professor of International Politics and Gender at the University of Birmingham. She has published work on sustainable development and environmental governance, exploring how related concepts and policies understand and integrate sex(uality) and gender. Emma has also published on ecofeminism and queer ecology. Currently, she is researching (along with- among others - fellow contributor, Peter Kerr) the tensions and potential synergies across, between and within queer and environmental activist networks and movements. She has published in a wide range of academic journals including ‘Globalisations’, ‘Gender, Place and Culture’, ‘Policy and Politics’, ‘Feminist Theory’ and ‘Global Political Economy’. Silpa Satheesh works as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Her research interests are broadly centered in the fields of social movements, Environmental Labour Studies, political economy and social dimensions of climate change. Her book ‘Labour, Nature and Capitalism: Exploring Labour-Environmental Conflicts in Kerala, India’ (2025, UCL Press) looks at the tensions between trade unions and a working-class environmental movement. Silpa has published her research in journals and edited volumes including ‘Critical Asian Studies’, ‘Sociology Compass’, ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Labour Studies’, and ‘Interface: A journal for and about social movements’.

The Sage Handbook of Eco-Social Policy and Politics provides a fresh stocktaking of theoretical and empirical research as well as policy responses to the polycrisis that our planet finds itself in. It is organized around the five themes: concepts, politics, policy, movements and transformation, and offers a unique selection of perspectives and scholars from around the world. This book will be of great benefit to anyone who cares for the survival of humanity and other species. The strong Global South focus is a much-needed addition to existing literature on degrowth, sustainable welfare and eco-social policies.

• Introduction - Karen Bell, Emma Foster, and Silpa SatheeshSection 1: Theory, Concepts, ContextChapter 1: Just Transition as a Contested Ecosocial Strategy - Dimitris StevisChapter 2: Socio-Ecological Risks: A Definition, Taxonomy and Operationalisation - Matteo Mandelli, Anne-Laure Beaussier, Tom Chevalier, and Bruno PalierChapter 3: Global Eco-Social Policy: The Integration of the Ecological, the Economic and the Social in International Organisations’ Policy Proposals - John Berten, Robin Schulze Waltrup, and Alexandra KaaschChapter 4: Contested Places: Navigating the Politics of the X-Minute City - Justine Gangneux Chapter 5: Eco-Social Policies in the Global South and North: Potential and Challenges for Creating New Eco-Social Contracts - Katja Hujo and Gabriele KöhlerChapter 6: Bringing the Climate Emergency into the Mainstream of Social Policy: A Cross-Cutting Review of Major Gaps, Opportunities, and Needed Action - Harriet Thomson, Carolyn Snell, Ana Stojilovska, Karla Ricalde, Stella Volturo, Nessa Winston, Milena Büchs, Diana Valero, Robin Schulze Waltrup, Anna Seaton O’Connor, Nora Ratzmann, Angus Lee, Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti, and Rebecca InceChapter 7: Doughnut Economics, Degrowth and Eco-Social Transition - Mladen DomazetChapter 8: Eco-Social Welfare Integration in Germany - Katharina Bohnenberger, Maddalena Lamura, and Julia CremerSection 2: Politics of Eco-Social CrisisChapter 9: Demilitarizing to Decarbonize - Miriam PembertonChapter 10: Wetland Management in Bangladesh - Rehnuma Ferdous and Tata ZafarChapter 11: The Eco-Social Politics of Waste in Southeast Asia - Julie Gilson and Alejandra DueñasChapter 12: Unlike Father, the Son? Displacement and Intergenerational Mobility Along the Coasts in Kerala - Akhila Kumaran and S. Mohammed IrshadChapter 13: Land Tenure Policy and Eco-Social Justice in Ethiopia: Revisiting ‘Land to the Tiller’ Motto Fifty Years On - Gutu Olana WayessaChapter 14: From Environmental Protection to Greenwashing: Framing Sustainable Development in Brazilian Media - Juliana Sampaio Pedroso de Holanda, and Pietari KääpäSection 3: Eco-Social PolicyChapter 15: Renewable Energy and Regional Development: Implications for Eco-Social Policy - Darryn Snell and Al RainnieChapter 16: Eco-Social Justice and the ‘Everyday’ Neighbourhood Environment - Annette HastingsChapter 17: Tiny Houses: A Housing Solution or a Planning Problem? - Sina ShahabChapter 18: The Dark Side of Urban Liveability: Questioning the Liveable City as a Planning Ideal-Type - Elisabetta MoccaChapter 19: Why Renewable Energy Expansion Hasn′t Been Fast Enough in South Korea: A Political Economy Perspective - Sun-Jin Yun and Seunghyeok AhnChapter 20: Failing Better: The Unlikely Eco-Social Welfare State in Germany - Stefan SchoppengerdChapter 21: Green Job Guarantees: A Small Puzzle Piece of Environmental Policy or a First Step For A System Change? - Dennis Tamesberger, Simon Theurl, and Daniel Witzani-HaimChapter 22: The Growth Dependence of the Welfare State - David Palomera and Peter StarkeSection 4: Eco-Social Movements, Activism, ResistanceChapter 23: Identity-Rooted Communality as the Underlying Driver for Forest Conservation in Three Territories in Guatemala - Mónica Salazar Vides and José Pablo Prado CórdovaChapter 24: Territory and Nature in Zapatista Discourse: Social Movements, Conflict and the Environment - Thomas BoboChapter 25: The Queer Eco-Social Movement and the Radical Potential of Queer Ecology - Emma Foster and Peter KerrChapter 26: Climate Reparations and the Peace Transition - Lorah Steichen, Patrick Bigger, and Khem RogalyChapter 27: Situating Sovereign Debt within the Climate-Debt Cycle: The Colonial Origins, Financial Hierarchy, and Epistemic Roots of Sovereign Debt in the Global South - Bhumika MuchhalaChapter 28: The Eco-Social and Intercultural Pact of the South and Green Transitions in Eastern Europe - Ioana PantilimonChapter 29: ‘Eat the Rich!’: The Ecological Case for the Redistribution of Income and Wealth - Karen Bell Chapter 30: From Eco-Social Policy to Eco-Socialism in an Era of Ideological Flux - Patrick BondSection 5: Eco-Social Transformation/FuturesChapter 31: Reimagining Environmental as Eco-Social Politics and Policy: Towards Eco-Social Alliances ‘From Below’ - Richard BärnthalerChapter 32: The Transformative Potential of Eco-Social Welfare, Navigating between Pragmatic and Utopian Possibilities in the Welfare Work-Care Nexus - Fiona Dukelow and Mary P. MurphyChapter 33: Promoting the Ecosocial Transition of Societies: Advancing Political and Structural Action in Social Work - Kati Närhi, Heather Boetto, and Satu Ranta-TyrkköChapter 34: Ecological Civilization in China: Striving for Unity, Harmony and Reciprocity with Nature - Bing Xue, Bin Han, Hongqing Li, Jianshi Wang, and Karen BellChapter 35: Cuba’s Life Work: ‘Tarea Vida’ and Three Decades of Eco-Social Policy - Jorge Alfredo Carballo Concepción, Helen Yaffe, Janet Rojas Martínez, and Karen BellChapter 36: Vivir Bien: Effective, Equitable and Decolonial Eco-Social Policy in Bolivia - Karen Bell and Thomas MuhrChapter 37: Mexican Humanism and the Transformation of the Yucatán Peninsula - Étienne von Bertrab

Karen Bell is Professor of Social and Environmental Justice in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. Her work focuses on Environmental Justice, Just Transition, the environmental costs of militarism, and eco-social policy.  Her book publications include ‘Achieving Environmental Justice’ in 2014; ‘Working Class Environmentalism’ in 2020; and ‘Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism’ in 2021.  She is currently working on two large international research projects investigating Romani sustainability practices (AHRC funded) and military use of critical minerals (ESRC funded).Emma Foster is an Associate Professor of International Politics and Gender at the University of Birmingham. She has published work on sustainable development and environmental governance, exploring how related concepts and policies understand and integrate sex(uality) and gender. Emma has also published on ecofeminism and queer ecology. Currently, she is researching (along with- among others - fellow contributor, Peter Kerr) the tensions and potential synergies across, between and within queer and environmental activist networks and movements. She has published in a wide range of academic journals including ‘Globalisations’, ‘Gender, Place and Culture’, ‘Policy and Politics’, ‘Feminist Theory’ and ‘Global Political Economy’. Silpa Satheesh works as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Her research interests are broadly centered in the fields of social movements, Environmental Labour Studies, political economy and social dimensions of climate change. Her book ‘Labour, Nature and Capitalism: Exploring Labour-Environmental Conflicts in Kerala, India’ (2025, UCL Press) looks at the tensions between trade unions and a working-class environmental movement. Silpa has published her research in journals and edited volumes including ‘Critical Asian Studies’, ‘Sociology Compass’, ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Labour Studies’, and ‘Interface: A journal for and about social movements’.

The Sage Handbook of Eco-Social Policy and Politics provides a fresh stocktaking of theoretical and empirical research as well as policy responses to the polycrisis that our planet finds itself in. It is organized around the five themes: concepts, politics, policy, movements and transformation, and offers a unique selection of perspectives and scholars from around the world. This book will be of great benefit to anyone who cares for the survival of humanity and other species. The strong Global South focus is a much-needed addition to existing literature on degrowth, sustainable welfare and eco-social policies.

• Introduction - Karen Bell, Emma Foster, and Silpa SatheeshSection 1: Theory, Concepts, ContextChapter 1: Just Transition as a Contested Ecosocial Strategy - Dimitris StevisChapter 2: Socio-Ecological Risks: A Definition, Taxonomy and Operationalisation - Matteo Mandelli, Anne-Laure Beaussier, Tom Chevalier, and Bruno PalierChapter 3: Global Eco-Social Policy: The Integration of the Ecological, the Economic and the Social in International Organisations’ Policy Proposals - John Berten, Robin Schulze Waltrup, and Alexandra KaaschChapter 4: Contested Places: Navigating the Politics of the X-Minute City - Justine Gangneux Chapter 5: Eco-Social Policies in the Global South and North: Potential and Challenges for Creating New Eco-Social Contracts - Katja Hujo and Gabriele KöhlerChapter 6: Bringing the Climate Emergency into the Mainstream of Social Policy: A Cross-Cutting Review of Major Gaps, Opportunities, and Needed Action - Harriet Thomson, Carolyn Snell, Ana Stojilovska, Karla Ricalde, Stella Volturo, Nessa Winston, Milena Büchs, Diana Valero, Robin Schulze Waltrup, Anna Seaton O’Connor, Nora Ratzmann, Angus Lee, Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti, and Rebecca InceChapter 7: Doughnut Economics, Degrowth and Eco-Social Transition - Mladen DomazetChapter 8: Eco-Social Welfare Integration in Germany - Katharina Bohnenberger, Maddalena Lamura, and Julia CremerSection 2: Politics of Eco-Social CrisisChapter 9: Demilitarizing to Decarbonize - Miriam PembertonChapter 10: Wetland Management in Bangladesh - Rehnuma Ferdous and Tata ZafarChapter 11: The Eco-Social Politics of Waste in Southeast Asia - Julie Gilson and Alejandra DueñasChapter 12: Unlike Father, the Son? Displacement and Intergenerational Mobility Along the Coasts in Kerala - Akhila Kumaran and S. Mohammed IrshadChapter 13: Land Tenure Policy and Eco-Social Justice in Ethiopia: Revisiting ‘Land to the Tiller’ Motto Fifty Years On - Gutu Olana WayessaChapter 14: From Environmental Protection to Greenwashing: Framing Sustainable Development in Brazilian Media - Juliana Sampaio Pedroso de Holanda, and Pietari KääpäSection 3: Eco-Social PolicyChapter 15: Renewable Energy and Regional Development: Implications for Eco-Social Policy - Darryn Snell and Al RainnieChapter 16: Eco-Social Justice and the ‘Everyday’ Neighbourhood Environment - Annette HastingsChapter 17: Tiny Houses: A Housing Solution or a Planning Problem? - Sina ShahabChapter 18: The Dark Side of Urban Liveability: Questioning the Liveable City as a Planning Ideal-Type - Elisabetta MoccaChapter 19: Why Renewable Energy Expansion Hasn′t Been Fast Enough in South Korea: A Political Economy Perspective - Sun-Jin Yun and Seunghyeok AhnChapter 20: Failing Better: The Unlikely Eco-Social Welfare State in Germany - Stefan SchoppengerdChapter 21: Green Job Guarantees: A Small Puzzle Piece of Environmental Policy or a First Step For A System Change? - Dennis Tamesberger, Simon Theurl, and Daniel Witzani-HaimChapter 22: The Growth Dependence of the Welfare State - David Palomera and Peter StarkeSection 4: Eco-Social Movements, Activism, ResistanceChapter 23: Identity-Rooted Communality as the Underlying Driver for Forest Conservation in Three Territories in Guatemala - Mónica Salazar Vides and José Pablo Prado CórdovaChapter 24: Territory and Nature in Zapatista Discourse: Social Movements, Conflict and the Environment - Thomas BoboChapter 25: The Queer Eco-Social Movement and the Radical Potential of Queer Ecology - Emma Foster and Peter KerrChapter 26: Climate Reparations and the Peace Transition - Lorah Steichen, Patrick Bigger, and Khem RogalyChapter 27: Situating Sovereign Debt within the Climate-Debt Cycle: The Colonial Origins, Financial Hierarchy, and Epistemic Roots of Sovereign Debt in the Global South - Bhumika MuchhalaChapter 28: The Eco-Social and Intercultural Pact of the South and Green Transitions in Eastern Europe - Ioana PantilimonChapter 29: ‘Eat the Rich!’: The Ecological Case for the Redistribution of Income and Wealth - Karen Bell Chapter 30: From Eco-Social Policy to Eco-Socialism in an Era of Ideological Flux - Patrick BondSection 5: Eco-Social Transformation/FuturesChapter 31: Reimagining Environmental as Eco-Social Politics and Policy: Towards Eco-Social Alliances ‘From Below’ - Richard BärnthalerChapter 32: The Transformative Potential of Eco-Social Welfare, Navigating between Pragmatic and Utopian Possibilities in the Welfare Work-Care Nexus - Fiona Dukelow and Mary P. MurphyChapter 33: Promoting the Ecosocial Transition of Societies: Advancing Political and Structural Action in Social Work - Kati Närhi, Heather Boetto, and Satu Ranta-TyrkköChapter 34: Ecological Civilization in China: Striving for Unity, Harmony and Reciprocity with Nature - Bing Xue, Bin Han, Hongqing Li, Jianshi Wang, and Karen BellChapter 35: Cuba’s Life Work: ‘Tarea Vida’ and Three Decades of Eco-Social Policy - Jorge Alfredo Carballo Concepción, Helen Yaffe, Janet Rojas Martínez, and Karen BellChapter 36: Vivir Bien: Effective, Equitable and Decolonial Eco-Social Policy in Bolivia - Karen Bell and Thomas MuhrChapter 37: Mexican Humanism and the Transformation of the Yucatán Peninsula - Étienne von Bertrab