The nature of the state : excavating the political ecologies of the modern state / Mark Whitehead, Rhys Jones, and Martin Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitehead, Mark, 1975-

Contributor:

Jones, Martin, 1970-

Jones, Rhys, 1971-

Series:

Oxford geographical and environmental studies.

Oxford geographical and environmental studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--Political aspects.

Human geography.

Human ecology--Political aspects.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-191760-5

1-281-16447-X

9786611164478

0-19-151513-2

1-4294-7075-5

OCLC:

139980075