Failing Forward : The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Conservation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Environmental policy.

Neoliberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Opladen : University of California Press, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Failing Forward documents the global rise of neoliberal conservation as a response to biodiversity loss and unpacks how this approach has managed to "fail forward" over time despite its ineffectiveness. At its core, neoliberal conservation promotes market-based instruments intended to reconcile environmental preservation and economic development by harnessing preservation itself as the source of both conservation finance and capital accumulation more generally. Robert Fletcher describes how this project has developed over the past several decades along with the expanding network of organizations and actors that have come together around its promotion. Drawing on Lacanian psychoanalysis, he explores why this strategy continues to captivate states, nongovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, and the private sector alike despite its significant deficiencies. Ultimately, Fletcher contends, neoliberal conservation should be understood as a failed attempt to render global capitalism sustainable in the face of its intensifying social and ecological contradictions. Consequently, the only viable alternative capable of simultaneously achieving both environmental sustainability and social equity is a concerted program of "degrowth" grounded in post-capitalist principles.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Capitalism on Trial

One. Conceptualizing Neoliberal Biopower

Two. Conjuring Natural Capital

Three. Imagining the Market

Four. The Neoliberal Ecolaboratory

Five. The Anti-regulation Machine

Six. How to Fail Forward

Seven. Neoliberal Conservation in Ruins?

Eight. There Is No Alternative to Degrowth

Conclusion: Traversing the Neoliberal Fantasy

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Fletcher, Robert Failing Forward

ISBN:

9780520390706

0520390709

OCLC:

1369649588