Tor A. Benjaminsen, Hanne Svarstad

Political Ecology (eBook, PDF)

A Critical Engagement with Global Environmental Issues

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook introduces political ecology as an interdisciplinary approach to critically examine land and environmental issues.

Drawing on discourse and narrative analysis, Marxist political economy and insights from natural science, the book points at similarities, differences and inter-connections between environmental governance in the global North and South. A wide range of carefully curated case studies are presented, with a particular focus on Africa and Norway. Key themes of power, justice and environmental sustainability run through all chapters.

The authors challenge established views and leading discourses and present research findings that may surprise readers. Chapters cover topics including wildlife conservation, climate change and conflicts, land grabbing, the effects of population growth on the environment, jihadism in the African Sahel, bioprospecting, feminist political ecology, and struggles around carbon mitigation within a fossil fuel-based economy. This introductory text provides tools and examples for both undergraduate and postgraduate students to better understand on-going struggles about some of the world's most urgent challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 249
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030560362
• Artikelnr.: 62290917

Autorenporträt

Tor A. Benjaminsen is a human geographer and Professor of Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. His research is focused on environmental change and its governance within a broad and interdisciplinary political ecology perspective. He is a lead author of the 6th IPCC report and an Associate Editor of Political Geography.

Hanne Svarstad is a sociologist and Professor of Development Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Her research is about climate change mitigation, land use conflicts, bioprospecting, power, environmental justice, education and alternative sustainabilities.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Political Ecology on Pandora.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Influences and Recent Directions.- Chapter 3. Discourses and Narratives on Environment and Development: The Example of Bioprospecting.- Chapter 4. Conservation Discourses versus Practices.- Chapter 5. Gender and Power: Feminist Political Ecologies.- Chapter 6. Climate Mitigation Choices: Reducing Deforestation in the Global South versus Reducing Fossil Fuel Production at Home.- Chapter 7. Pastoralists and the State.- Chapter 8. Climate Change, Scarcity and Conflicts in the Sahel.- Chapter 9. Population Growth, Markets and Sustainable Land-Use in Africa.- Chapter 10. Stocktake and Ways Forward.

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