Routledge Handbook of Pastoralism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moritz, Mark.

Contributor:

Moritz, Mark

Series:

Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of pastoralism, combining major theoretical debates with an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective on pastoral systems across the world. This handbook is an indispensable resource on pastoralism for students, researchers, and professionals.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

1 Introduction to Pastoralism

Section I: The Emergence of Pastoralism

2 Co-Evolution in Pastoral Systems: The Example of African Sheep and Goats

3 Archaeology of Pastoralism: Forty Years of Archaeological Studies of Pastoralism Across the World

4 Archaeological, Historical, and Ethnographic Analyses of Changes in Pastoral Systems

Section II: Colonialism, Capitalism, and Commodities

5 Cattle Ranching: Handmaiden of Settler Colonialism

6 Livestock and Global Capitalism

7 Livestock Commodities in a Globalizing World: Between Pastoralism and Capitalism

Section III: Biophysical Components of Pastoralism

8 Rangeland Ecology

9 Livestock Nutrition in Pastoral Systems

10 Ecology of Health and Infectious Diseases in Changing Pastoral Systems

11 Demographic Dynamics in Pastoral Systems

Section IV: Pastoral Adaptations

12 Pastoral Mobility

13 Contributions of Pastoralism to Climate Change

14 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

15 Valuing Pastoralist Goods, Services, and Culture

16 Ecosystem Services and Pastoralism

Section V: Social and Political Organization of Pastoralism

17 Pastoralist Social Organization

18 Continuity and Change in Pastoralist Identities

19 Development and Gender in Herding Societies

20 Political Organization

21 How Pastoralists Access Natural Resources

22 Between-Group Contest Competition Among Pastoralists

Section VI: Approaches to Studying Pastoralism

23 Spatial Analysis of Pastoral Mobility

24 Simulation as an Approach to Pastoral System Analyses

25 Methodologies for Understanding Rangeland Ecology

26 Animal's Intentional Acting and Cultural Understanding of Behavior: The Place and Role of Animal Agentivity in Pastoralism.

27 Contributions of Ethnographic and Community-Based Methods to Interdisciplinary Studies of Pastoralist Health and Wellbeing

28 Participatory Action Research in Pastoral Systems: Tools for Empowerment, Innovation, and Resilience

Section VII: Development of Pastoralism

29 Trends in Pastoralists' Sedentarization: Causes, Consequences, and Policies

30 Divergent Livelihood Pathways in Pastoralist Areas of the Horn of Africa

31 Humanitarian Crises and Responses in the Horn of Africa

32 Pastoralism and Conservation: Compatibilities, Conflicts, and Promise

33 Politics of Land Grabbing in Pastoral Territories

Section VIII: Futures of Pastoralism

34 Provisioning of Social and Economic Services to Pastoralist Communities in Africa: Models, Impacts and Prospects for Improvement

35 Rethinking Policies for Pastoralists: Experiences from Four World Regions

36 Pathways and Possibilities for Pastoralist Youth

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-04-051379-4

1-04-064107-5

1-003-48785-8

OCLC:

1564525493