A place for dialogue [[electronic resource] ] : language, land use, and politics in Southern Arizona / / Sharon McKenzie Stevens ; foreword by Wayne Franklin

• Autore: Stevens Sharon McKenzie
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.73/60979177
• Soggetto topico: Land use - Government policy - Arizona; Rhetoric - Political aspects - Arizona; Public lands - Arizona - Management
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FranklinWayne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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 de
• Titolo autorizzato: A place for dialogue
• ISBN: 1-58729-765-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454337003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American land and life series.