02894nam 2200613 a 450 991045433700332120200520144314.01-58729-765-5(CKB)1000000000704740(EBL)843207(OCoLC)297118033(SSID)ssj0000222028(PQKBManifestationID)11197627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222028(PQKBWorkID)10168355(PQKB)10153576(MiAaPQ)EBC843207(MdBmJHUP)muse9183(Au-PeEL)EBL843207(CaPaEBR)ebr10354616(EXLCZ)99100000000070474020061005d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA place for dialogue[electronic resource] language, land use, and politics in Southern Arizona /Sharon McKenzie Stevens ; foreword by Wayne FranklinIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20071 online resource (241 p.)American land and life seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-534-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.Contents; Foreword by Wayne Franklin; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. The Range of Rhetoric; 2. Open Space, Conservation, and Endangerment; 3. From Battle Lines to Collaborative Space; 4. Socioecology and the Future of the Land; 5. From Identity Politics to Dialogic Identities; Epilogue; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; IndexIn A Place for Dialogue, Sharon McKenzie Stevens views the contradictions and collaborations involved in the management of public land in southern Arizona-and by extension the entire arid West-through the lens of political rhetoric. Revealing the socioecological relationships among cattlemen and environmentalists as well as developers and recreationists, she analyzes the ways that language shapes landscape by shaping decisions about land use. Stevens focuses on the collaborative Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan initiated by Pima County, Arizona, the ubiquitous use of scientific argument to deAmerican land and life series.Land useGovernment policyArizonaRhetoricPolitical aspectsArizonaPublic landsArizonaManagementElectronic books.Land useGovernment policyRhetoricPolitical aspectsPublic landsManagement.333.73/60979177Stevens Sharon McKenzie887851Franklin Wayne898397MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454337003321A place for dialogue2007257UNINA