Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15176/vol62no12
Vulnerable Communities and Environmental Injustice: The Case of Vrginmost
Tea Škokić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4013-7875
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper aims to illustrate the complex challenges faced by the residents of Vrginmost, a vulnerable community, in dealing with plastic processing industry and the institutions that are supposed to protect them. It utilizes the concepts of vulnerability, periphery, structural and institutional violence, as well as the concepts of accidental, resigned, and professional activism to highlight the mechanisms of environmental injustice and the (lack of) resistance that arises in reaction to it.
Keywords
Vrginmost, vulnerable communities, pollution, activism
Hrčak ID:
332574
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Publication date:
24.6.2025.
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