Environmental Injustice, Political Agency and the Challenge of Creating Healthier Communities Author Gendreau M. S. Journal/Series Environmental Values | Vol. 25 (6), p. 707-728 Date 2016 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-091214) Publisher | Place of publication White Horse Press | Lancaster, UK ISSN 0963-2719 Document type Article in periodical Language English Field of application International Subject Environment gen. Keyword Public participation Ethics and environment Community management Governance Abstract I argue that our current understanding of the philosophical dimensions of environmental injustice neglects an important component of those injustices. Specifically, by focusing on distributive, participatory and recognitional injustice, we fail to respond to the ways that environmental exposures, even in the absence of physiological harms, can impact upon a person’s experience of herself as a political agent. This has important implications for interventions in cases of environmental injustice, but also for how we understand what is required for full participation in a polity.