The nature of the state [[electronic resource] ] : excavating the political ecologies of the modern state / / Mark Whitehead, Rhys Jones, and Martin Jones

• Autore: Whitehead Mark <1975->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human geography - Political aspects; Human ecology - Political aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JonesMartin <1970-> JonesRhys <1971->
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. States and Natures: An Introduction; 2. Seeing Double: Thinking about Natures and States; 3. The Moments of Nature-State Relations; 4. Mapping the Land: Spatializing State Nature; 5. Nature and the State Apparatus; 6. Between Laboratory and Leviathan: Technological Development and the Cyborg State; 7. Exploring Post-National Natures: Nature in the Shadow of the State; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'The Nature of the State' challenges the ways in which social scientists and geographers approach the study of state-nature relations. Introducing original research into the different institutional and temporal strategies used by states to frame the natural world, this book provides an overview of political and ecological theories.
• Titolo autorizzato: The nature of the state
• ISBN: 0-19-191760-5; 1-281-16447-X; 9786611164478; 0-19-151513-2; 1-4294-7075-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451382903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford geographical and environmental studies.