{"product_id":"power-and-just-transitions-struggles-for-a-post-coal-future-in-an-appalachian-valley-9780252089060","title":"Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley","description":"Published in 1982, John Gaventa's award-winning \u003ci\u003ePower and Powerlessness \u003c\/i\u003eexamined 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 place where a fossil fuel-based economy shaped political and social structures for over a century. As they show, new forms of power emerged while old ones remained, and both affected the popular struggle for a future that's both just and more inclusive. Original and timely, \u003ci\u003ePower and Just Transitions\u003c\/i\u003e merges historical perspective with interviews and engagement to look at how coal's decline impacted power and resistance in an Appalachian community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gaventa,Gabe Schwartzman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252089060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Gaventa \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor and research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePower and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eGabe Schwartzman \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 Valley.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"John Gaventa \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699041648797,"sku":"9780252089060","price":49.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4c850440-64d4-471d-83d1-dc7c739de43e.jpg?v=1772696684","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/power-and-just-transitions-struggles-for-a-post-coal-future-in-an-appalachian-valley-9780252089060","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}