Capitalism and conservation [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Daniel Brockington, Rosaleen Duffy

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmental economics; Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects; Consumption (Economics); Capitalism
• Classificazione: SCI026000
• Altri autori: BrockingtonDan DuffyRosaleen
• Note generali: Originally published as Volume 42, issue 3 of Antipode.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 over the world Examines some of our most popular leisure pursuits and consumption habits to uncover the ways they drive and deepen global capitalismReveals the increase in intensity and variety of forms of capitalist conservation throughout the world
• Titolo autorizzato: Capitalism and conservation
• ISBN: 1-283-30053-2; 9786613300539; 1-4443-9144-5; 1-4443-9143-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139596103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Antipode book series.