Capitalism and conservation /

"Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism. Features innovative new research on case studies on the connections between capitalism and conservation drawn from all o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brockington, Dan, Duffy, Rosaleen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Colección:Antipode book series.
Temas:
Environmental economics.
Conservation of natural resources > Economic aspects.
Consumption (Economics)
Capitalism.
Économie de l'environnement.
Conservation des ressources naturelles > Aspect économique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Capitalism
Conservation of natural resources > Economic aspects
Environmental economics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Capitalism and Conservation; Contents; Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation; 1 A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion; 2 The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector "Engagement" and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation; 3 The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa; 4 Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US AID for Conservation.
  • 5 Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods6 The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic; 7 Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa; 8 Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical Consumption and Commodity Fetishism; 9 Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and Papua New Guinea.
  • 10 Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching11 Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant-Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana; 12 The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico; Index.

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