ABSTRACT

Disproportionate exposure to adverse environmental conditions is part of the complex cycle of dispossession and racial discrimination faced by marginalized minorities in Europe—primarily the Roma. The concept of environmental justice or the analysis of environmental risk along racial dimensions are largely absent from policy debates. This is a critical omission considering that the consolidation of neoliberal governance powerfully recomposes access to public services and individualizes collective responsibilities for a safe environment. Driven by competitive logic, neoliberalism champions the zero-sum game where losers are either abandoned or punished by the governing apparatus. This article argues that neoliberal governance, underpinned by moral appeals and racist imaginaries, legitimizes repression of marginalized groups such as the Roma. The primary purpose of this paper is to fill a theoretical and conceptual gap in the literature linking environmental issues to racism.

摘要

不成比例地暴露于不利的环境条件是欧洲边缘化少数群体（主要是罗姆人）面临的剥夺和种族歧视的复杂循环的一部分。政策辩论中基本上没有环境正义的概念或沿种族维度分析环境风险的概念。考虑到新自由主义治理的巩固有力地重组了获得公共服务的机会并使安全环境的集体责任个体化，这是一个严重的疏漏。在竞争逻辑的推动下，新自由主义支持零和游戏，在这种游戏中，失败者要么被统治机构抛弃，要么受到惩罚。本文认为，以道德诉求和种族主义想象为基础的新自由主义治理使对罗姆人等边缘化群体的镇压合法化。