Terrestrial Transformations
A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature
Published on 6. March 2020
Book
Hardback
318 pages
978-1-7936-0546-7 (ISBN)
Description
Humanity's future may rest on how we deal with climate change, environmental problems, and their impacts on society. Terrestrial Transformations: A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature recognizes that such problems have social, political, and cultural contexts, and that politics, money, and power have physical impacts on nature and society that cannot be ignored. This book brings together a set of chapters that provide an overview of the political ecology approach, illustrating its theoretical underpinnings, central concepts, methods, and major interests. The authors examine the political contexts of a broad range of environmental and social problems, drawing attention to the political and economic forces driving environmental and ecological problems, how societies are transformed as they attempt to cope and adapt to a changing nature, and who pays the price.
Reviews / Votes
The central point of political ecology, the crucial role of power and inequality, has proven essential in unraveling our environmental challenges. This deep, smart volume provides the state of the art in political ecology. -- Josiah Heyman, University of Texas at El Paso This book gives a powerful and critical view of the anthropocene from a political ecology perspective. This historically grounded analysis reveals the urgent need to address the social and global inequalities in current discussions of the climate crisis. -- Kristin Loftsdottir, professor of Anthropology, University of IcelandMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 b/w illustrations;4 tables;
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-0546-7 (9781793605467)
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Terrestrial Transformations
A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature
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Persons
Thomas K. Park is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.
James B. Greenberg is professor emeritus at the University of Arizona.
James B. Greenberg is professor emeritus at the University of Arizona.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg
Chapter 1. The Anthropocene and other noxious concepts
Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg
Chapter 2. The Political Ecology of Climate Change
James B. Greenberg and Thomas K. Park
Chapter 3. Digital Sensing and Human-Environment Relationships in the Face of Climate Variability in Senegal and Mauritania
Thomas K. Park, Aminata Niang and Mamadou Baro
Chapter 4. The Political Ecology of Languagelessness of the Southwest North American Region: Case Studies in the Linguistic Commoditization of Mexican Origin People
Carlos Velez-Ibanez
Chapter 5. Political Ecology of Guitars and their Tonewoods
James B. Greenberg
Chapter 6. Indigenous responses to colonialism in an island state: a geopolitical ecology of Kanaky-New Caledonia
Simon Batterbury, Severine Bouard, and Matthias Kowasch
Chapter 7. An Everyday Politics of Access: The Political Ecology of Infrastructure in Cape Town's Informal Settlements
Angela Storey
Chapter 8. Land Tenu
Introduction
Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg
Chapter 1. The Anthropocene and other noxious concepts
Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg
Chapter 2. The Political Ecology of Climate Change
James B. Greenberg and Thomas K. Park
Chapter 3. Digital Sensing and Human-Environment Relationships in the Face of Climate Variability in Senegal and Mauritania
Thomas K. Park, Aminata Niang and Mamadou Baro
Chapter 4. The Political Ecology of Languagelessness of the Southwest North American Region: Case Studies in the Linguistic Commoditization of Mexican Origin People
Carlos Velez-Ibanez
Chapter 5. Political Ecology of Guitars and their Tonewoods
James B. Greenberg
Chapter 6. Indigenous responses to colonialism in an island state: a geopolitical ecology of Kanaky-New Caledonia
Simon Batterbury, Severine Bouard, and Matthias Kowasch
Chapter 7. An Everyday Politics of Access: The Political Ecology of Infrastructure in Cape Town's Informal Settlements
Angela Storey
Chapter 8. Land Tenu