Global political ecology / edited by Richard Peet, Paul Robbins, and Michael Watts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peet, Richard.

Robbins, Paul, 1967-

Watts, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. So far attempts at resolving the deep basis of these have been superficial and disorganized. Global Political Ecology links the political economy of global capitalism with the political ecology of a series of environmental disasters and failed attempts at environmental policies.This critical volume draws together contributions from twenty-five leading intellectuals in the field. It begins with an introductory chapter that introduces the readers to political ecology and summarizes the books main findings. Th

Contents:

pt. 1. Food, health, and the body : political ecology of sustainability

pt. 2. Capital's margins : the political ecology of the slum world

pt. 3. Risk, certification, and the audit economy : political ecology of environmental governance

pt. 4. War, militarism, and insurgency : political ecology of security

pt. 5. Fuelling capitalism : energy scarcity and abundance

pt. 6. Blue ecology : the political ecology of water

pt. 7. Biopolitics and political ecology : genes, transgenes, and genomics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-90432-8

1-136-90433-6

1-283-03874-9

9786613038746

0-203-84224-3

9780203842249

OCLC:

705930059