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The nature of politics : state building and the conservation estate in postcolonial Botswana / Annette A. LaRocco.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaRocco, A. A. (Annette Alfina), 1988- author.
- Series:
- Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 98
- Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 98
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental protection--Political aspects--Botswana.
- Environmental protection.
- Nation-building--Botswana.
- Nation-building.
- Postcolonialism--Botswana.
- Postcolonialism.
- Environmental protection--Political aspects.
- Botswana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
- Other Title:
- Path to Open
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "With an extensive and rigorous analysis of conservation and environmental governance, this book provides a new approach to understanding biodiversity conservation's political and state building impacts in postcolonial Africa and challenges our understanding of conservation as only an ecological or environmental endeavor"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Lay of the Land : Conservation and the State in Botswana
- Section I. Authority
- Coercion on Botswana's Securitized Conservation Estate
- Democracy, the Kgotla, and Promises of Consent Amidst Conservation
- Section II. Territory
- Land and Ownership on the Conservation Estate
- Infrastructure and the Contours of Settlement and Tourism
- Section III. Identity
- Conservation Restrictions and the Construction of Criminalized Identities
- Promises of Modernity and Failures of Development on the Conservation Estate.
- Notes:
- Title from online title page (viewed on September 25, 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: LaRocco, A. A. (Annette Alfina), 1988- Nature of politics
- ISBN:
- 9780896803350
- 0896803333
- 9780896803343
- 0896803341
- OCLC:
- 1397062185
- Publisher Number:
- 99996154398
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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