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Political ecology : a critical introduction / Paul Robbins.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Critical introductions to geographyPublication details: 2012 Chichester, West Sussex Malden, MA J. Wiley & SonsEdition: 2. edDescription: ix, 288 s. illISBN:
  • 9780470657324
  • 0470657324
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2 23
Other classification:
  • Uhb
Contents:
PART I. What is Political Ecology? -- 1 Political versus Apolitical Ecologies -- 2 A Tree with Deep Roots -- 3 The Critical Tools -- 4 Political Ecology Emerges -- PART II. Conceptual and Methodological Challenges -- 5 Challenges in Ecology -- 6 Challenges in Social Construction -- 7 Challenges in Explanation -- PART III. Political Ecology Now -- 8 Degradation and Marginalization -- 9 Conservation and Control -- 10 Environmental Confl ict -- 11 Environmental Subjects and Identities -- 12 Political Objects and Actors -- PART IV. Where to Now? -- 13 Beyond Political Ecology?
Summary: This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts, central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology. It: explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges facing the sub-discipline; provides the first full history of the development of political ecology over the last century and its theoretical underpinnings; and considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the future. It is fully updated to include recent events, such as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural examples, from the developed and underdeveloped world

Includes bibliographical references and index

PART I. What is Political Ecology? -- 1 Political versus Apolitical Ecologies -- 2 A Tree with Deep Roots -- 3 The Critical Tools -- 4 Political Ecology Emerges -- PART II. Conceptual and Methodological Challenges -- 5 Challenges in Ecology -- 6 Challenges in Social Construction -- 7 Challenges in Explanation -- PART III. Political Ecology Now -- 8 Degradation and Marginalization -- 9 Conservation and Control -- 10 Environmental Confl ict -- 11 Environmental Subjects and Identities -- 12 Political Objects and Actors -- PART IV. Where to Now? -- 13 Beyond Political Ecology?

This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts, central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology. It: explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges facing the sub-discipline; provides the first full history of the development of political ecology over the last century and its theoretical underpinnings; and considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the future. It is fully updated to include recent events, such as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural examples, from the developed and underdeveloped world

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