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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821124403321

Autore

Forsyth Tim

Titolo

Critical political ecology : the politics of environmental science / / Tim Forsyth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2003

ISBN

1-134-66580-6

1-134-66581-4

1-280-11362-6

0-203-01756-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

363.7/0561

Soggetti

Environmental policy

Environmental sciences - Political aspects

Political ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Political ecology and the politics of environmental science; 2 Environmental science and myths; 3 Environmental "laws" and generalizations; 4 Social framings of environmental science; 5 The coproduction of env ironmental knowledge and political activism; 6 Enforcing and contesting boundaries; 7 The globalization of environmental risk; 8 Democratizing environmental explanations; 9 Democratizing environmental science and networks; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to understand the relationship between environmental science and politics. In this timely and wide-ranging volume, Tim Forsyth uses an innovative approach to apply political analysis to ecology, and demonstrates how more politicised approaches to science can be used in environmental



decision-making.Critical Political Ecology examines:*how social and political factors frame e