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Understanding environmental policy processes : cases from Africa /

A critical analysis of the "post-Rio consensus" on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change "stick" with such tenacity. In exploring this, t...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keeley, James
Other Authors: Scoones, Ian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A critical analysis of the "post-Rio consensus" on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change "stick" with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking, looking particularly at Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive, participatory forms of policymaking
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-216) and index.
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