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Transforming the Frontier : Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Büscher, Bram.
- Bèuscher, Bram, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biodiversity conservation--Africa, Southern.
- Ecotourism--Africa, Southern.
- Neoliberalism--Africa, Southern.
- Transfrontier conservation areas--Africa, Southern.
- Transfrontier conservation areas.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Ecotourism.
- Neoliberalism.
- Local Subjects:
- Biodiversity conservation--Africa, Southern.
- Ecotourism--Africa, Southern.
- Neoliberalism--Africa, Southern.
- Transfrontier conservation areas--Africa, Southern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An argument that ""peace parks,"" transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries, are driven by neoliberal approaches to conservation that are often deleterious to local inhabitants and the surrounding environment.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction: Frontiers of Conservation; Chapter One: Forging (Trans)frontier Spaces; Chapter Two: Neoliberal Amplifications; Chapter Three: Compressing Reality; Chapter Four: Divergent Interpretations; Chapter Five: Processing Politics; Chapter Six: Images of an Intervention; Chapter Seven: Neoliberal Alignments; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780822399087
- 0822399083
- OCLC:
- 843533166
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