Nature, production, power : towards an ecological political economy / edited by Fred P. Gale and R. Michael M'Gonigle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gale, Fred P.

M'Gonigle, R. Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Sustainable development.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 248 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2000]

Contents:

Part 1 Ecological Political Economy and Community

1. A Dialectic of Centre and Territory: The Political Economy of Ecological Flows and Spatial Relations / R. Michael M'Gonigle 3

2. Sabbaths, Shamans and Superquarrying on a Scottish Island: Religiocultural Resistance to Development in a Contested Landscape / Michael S. Northcott 17

3. 'Community' and Natural Resource Conservation / Arun Agrawal 35

Part 2 Ecological Political Economy and Critical Theory

4. Democracy, Ecology, Political Economy: Reflections on Starting Points / Laurie Adkin 59

5. An Ecological Historical Materialism / Ted Benton 83

6. Nature, (Re)Production and Power: A Materialist Ecofeminist Perspective / Mary Mellor 105

Part 3 Ecological Political Economy and the State

7. Political Ecology and Regional Sustainability: Reflections on Contemporary Debates and Material Practices / Haripriya Rangan 121

8. Beyond the Statist Frame: Environmental Politics in a Global Economy / Ken Conca 141

Part 4 Ecological Political Economy and the 'System'

9. Ecological Sustainability: Some Elements of Longer-term System Change / Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson, Alex Campbell 159

10. Equity, Economic Scale and the Role of Exchange in a Sustainable Economy / Patricia E. (Ellie) Perkins 183

11. Regulating Accumulation, Guarding the Web: A Role for (Global) Civil Society? / Fred P. Gale 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index.

ISBN:

184064317X

OCLC:

43615815