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Development, power, and the environment : neoliberal paradox in the age of vulnerability / Md Saidul Islam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Islam, Md Saidul.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in development and society ; 34.
- Routledge studies in development and society ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Global environmental change.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Concepts and theories
- Challenges of our time : environmental and social vulnerabilities : with Quek Ri An
- Understanding power in social organization
- Paradigms of development and their power dynamics
- Theorizing nature-society relationships
- Neoliberal paradox : connection through disconnection
- Case studies
- Development dynamics in the global south : from colonization to globalization
- Green revolution : transformation, optimism and reality
- Food and power : the mirage of the food aid regime
- Climate politics : power and development in mortgaging the planet
- Tipaimukh dam : triumph of development over the environment and popular voice
- Labelling tribal : state-power in forming and transforming identities
- A neoliberal knowledge/power/security regime after 9/11 : the case of "Muslim patient"
- Sustainable earth amid vulnerabilities
- Third world vulnerabilities : towards a double risk society
- Towards a sustainable earth?
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415540025
- 041554002X
- OCLC:
- 825399604
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