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Virtualism, Governance and Practice - Vision and Execution in Environmental Conservation (Paperback) Loot Price: R898
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Virtualism, Governance and Practice - Vision and Execution in Environmental Conservation (Paperback): James G. Carrier, Paige...

Virtualism, Governance and Practice - Vision and Execution in Environmental Conservation (Paperback)

James G. Carrier, Paige West

Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

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Many people investigating the operation of large-scale environmentalist organizations see signs of power, knowledge and governance in their policies and projects. This collection indicates that such an analysis appears to be justified from one perspective, but not from another. The chapters in this collection show that the critics, concerned with the power of these organizations to impose their policies in different parts of the world, appear justified when we look at environmentalist visions and at organizational policies and programs. However, they are much less justified when we look at the practical operation of such organizations and their ability to generate and carry out projects intended to reshape the world.

James G. Carrier has taught and done research in Papua New Guinea, the United States and Great Britain. For the past decade he has studied the relationship among local fishers, conservationists and the tourism sector in Jamaica. He has published extensively on this research and on environmental protection generally.

Paige West is Tow Associate Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University. She had conducted research on the linkages between environmental conservation and international development, the material and symbolic ways in which the natural world is understood and produced, and production, distribution, and consumption of various commodities. Her work is focused on Papua New Guinea.

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Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
Release date: December 2012
First published: November 2012
Editors: James G. Carrier • Paige West
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-85745-812-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
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LSN: 0-85745-812-4
Barcode: 9780857458124

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