Liberation Ecologies: Environment, Development and Social Movements

ISBN-13: 9780415312356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 468 str.

Richard Peet; Michael Watts

Opis

At the beginning of the 21st century, the environment and the future of development continue to be issues of crucial importance. Most explanations of environmental crisis emphasize the role of population growth, thus focusing their attention on the poor. By comparison, Liberation Ecologies elaborates a political-economic explanation drawing from the most recent advances in social theory. The new edition has been extensively revised to reflect recent changes in debates over the real definitions of 'development' and 'environment', and contains nine completely new chapters.

Spis treści

Part 1: Renewing Political Ecology  Part 2: Discourse and Practice  Part 3: Institutions and Governance  Part 4: Conflict and Struggle  Part 5: Movement

O autorze

Michael Watts is Director of the Institute of International Studies, University of California at Berkeley.

Richard Peet is Professor of Geography, Clark University, Massachusetts.