Binding: Paperback
Description: The aim of this book is to review central concepts in the study of environmental politics and to open up new questions problems and research agendas in the field. The volume does so by drawing on a wide range of approaches from critical theory to poststructuralism and spanning disciplines including international relations geography sociology history philosophy anthropology and political science. The 28 chapters cover a range of global and local studies illustrations and cases. These range from the Cochabamba conference in Bolivia to climate camps in the UK; UN summits in Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg to climate migrants from Pacific islands; forests in Indonesia to Dutch energy governance reform; indigenous communities in Namibia to oil extraction in the Niger Delta; survivalist militias in the US a to Maasai tribesmen in Kenya. Rather than following a regional or issue - based (e. g. water forests pollution etc) structure the volume is organised in terms of key concepts in the field including those which have been central to the social sciences for a long time (such as citizenship commodification consumption feminism justice movements science security the state summits and technology); those which have been at the heart of environmental politics for many years (including biodiversity climate change conservation eco - centrism limits localism resources sacrifice and sustainability); and many which have been introduced to these literatures and debates more recently (biopolitics governance governmentality hybridity posthumanism risk and vulnerability). Features and benefits of the book: Explains the most important concepts and theories in environmental politics. Reviews the core ideas behind crucial debates in environmental politics. Highlights the key thinkers both classic and contemporary for studying environmental politics. Provides original perspectives on the critical potential of the concepts for future research agendas as well as for the practice of environmental politics. Each chapter is written by leading international authors in their field. This exciting new volume will be essential textbook reading for all students of environmental politics as well as provocatively presenting the field in a different light for more established researchers.
Title: Critical Environmental Politics
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415631228
Pages: 352 Pages, 1 Halftones, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 11/12/2013
Series: Interventions
Category: Environmental Policy & Protocols