Power and Just Transitions

Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley

By: Gabe Schwartzman, John Gaventa

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Paperback | 6 January 2026

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Struggles over power and justice in the Clear Fork Valley Published in 1982, John Gaventaâs award-winning Power and Powerlessness examined the dominance of the absentee coal industry in Central Appalachia. Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman update the story through coalâs 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 fuelâ"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 thatâs both just and more inclusive.

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