Ecologists and environmental politics : a history of contemporary ecology / Stephen Bocking.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bocking, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--History.

Ecology.

Environmental policy--History.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, [West Virginia] : West Virginia University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Ecologists, like other scientists, have for decades debated their role in society. While some have argued that ecologists should participate in environmental politics, others have focused their attention strictly on scientific issues. In Ecologists and Environmental Politics , now updated with a new preface by the author, Stephen Bocking explores this debate by recounting the history of ecology in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada since the 1940s. Bocking tells this history through four case studies: the origins and early research of the Nature Conservancy in Great Britain; the development of ecology at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee; the work of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study in New Hampshire; and research in fisheries ecology at the University of Toronto. By comparing these case studies, Bocking demonstrates how the places of contemporary science--laboratories, landscapes, and funding agencies--and science's purposes, as expressed through the political roles of expertise and specific managerial and regulatory responsibilities, have shaped contemporary ecology and its application to pressing environmental problems.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title

Contents

Preface to the Original Edition

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Great Britain

Chapter 2: Origins of the Nature Conservancy

Chapter 3: Woodland Ecosystems and Nature Reserves

Part Two: United States

Chapter 4: Ecosystems and the Atom at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chapter 5: Oak Ridge Ecosystem Research and Impact Assessment

Chapter 6: Forest Experiment and Practice at Hubbard Brook

Part Three: Canada

Chapter 7: Ecology and the Ontario Fisheries

Chapter 8: Comparing Ecologists and Their Institutions

Chapter 9: Understanding Ecology's Place in the World

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2017).

ISBN:

1-943665-65-6

1-943665-66-4

OCLC:

973006073