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Offering a thought provoking theoretical conversation around
ecological crisis and natural resource extraction, this book
suggests that we are on a trajectory geared towards total
extractivism guided by the mythological Worldeater. The authors
discuss why and how we have come to live in this catastrophic
predicament, rooting the present in an original perspective that
animates the forces of global techno-capitalist development. They
argue that the Worldeater helps us make sense of the insatiable
forces that transform, convert and consume the world. The book
combines this unique approach with detailed academic review of
critical agrarian studies and political ecology, the militarization
of nature and the conventional and 'green' extraction nexus. It
seeks radical reflection on the role people play in the
construction and perpetuation of these crises, and concludes with
some suggestions on how to tackle them.
Renewing Destruction examines how wind energy projects impact
people and their environments. Wind energy development, in Mexico
and most countries, fall into a 'roll out' neoliberal strategy that
is justified by climate change mitigation programs that are
continuing a process of land and wind resources grabbing for
profit. The result has been an exaggeration of pre-existing
problems in communities around land, income-inequality, local
politics and, contrary to public relations stories, is devastating
traditional livelihoods and socio-ecological relationships.
Exacerbating pre-existing social and material problems in
surrounding towns, wind energy development is placing greater
stress on semi-subsistence communities, marginalizing Indigenous
traditions and indirectly resulting in the displacement and
migration of people into urban centers. Based on intensive
fieldwork with local groups in Oaxaca Mexico in 2015, the book
provides an in-depth study, demonstrating the complications and
problems that emerge with the current regime of 'sustainable
development' and wind energy projects in Mexico, which has wider
lessons to be drawn for other regions and countries. Put simply,
the book reveals a tragic reality that calls into question the
marketed hopes of the green economy and the current method of
climate change mitigation. It shows the variegated impacts and
issues associated with building wind energy parks, which extends to
recognizing the destructive effects on Indigenous cultures and
practices in the region. The book, however, highlights what to
consider or, more importantly, what to avoid if one is working with
industrial-scale wind energy systems.
Policing and ecological crises – and all the inequalities,
discrimination, and violence they entail – are pressing
contemporary problems. Ecological degradation, biodiversity loss,
and climate change threaten local communities and ecosystems, and,
cumulatively, the planet as a whole. Police brutality, wars,
paramilitarism, private security operations, and securitization
more widely impact people – especially people of colour – and
habitats. This edited collection explores their relationship, and
investigates the numerous ways in which police, security, and
military forces intersect with, reinforce, and facilitate
ecological and climate catastrophe. Employing a case study-based
approach, the book examines the relationships and entanglements
between policing and ecosystems, revealing the intimate connection
between political violence and ecological degradation.
Renewing Destruction examines how wind energy projects impact
people and their environments. Wind energy development, in Mexico
and most countries, fall into a 'roll out' neoliberal strategy that
is justified by climate change mitigation programs that are
continuing a process of land and wind resources grabbing for
profit. The result has been an exaggeration of pre-existing
problems in communities around land, income-inequality, local
politics and, contrary to public relations stories, is devastating
traditional livelihoods and socio-ecological relationships.
Exacerbating pre-existing social and material problems in
surrounding towns, wind energy development is placing greater
stress on semi-subsistence communities, marginalizing Indigenous
traditions and indirectly resulting in the displacement and
migration of people into urban centers. Based on intensive
fieldwork with local groups in Oaxaca Mexico in 2015, the book
provides an in-depth study, demonstrating the complications and
problems that emerge with the current regime of 'sustainable
development' and wind energy projects in Mexico, which has wider
lessons to be drawn for other regions and countries. Put simply,
the book reveals a tragic reality that calls into question the
marketed hopes of the green economy and the current method of
climate change mitigation. It shows the variegated impacts and
issues associated with building wind energy parks, which extends to
recognizing the destructive effects on Indigenous cultures and
practices in the region. The book, however, highlights what to
consider or, more importantly, what to avoid if one is working with
industrial-scale wind energy systems.
Policing and ecological crises - and all the inequalities,
discrimination, and violence they entail - are pressing
contemporary problems. Ecological degradation, biodiversity loss,
and climate change threaten local communities and ecosystems, and,
cumulatively, the planet as a whole. Police brutality, wars,
paramilitarism, private security operations, and securitization
more widely impact people - especially people of colour - and
habitats. This edited collection explores their relationship, and
investigates the numerous ways in which police, security, and
military forces intersect with, reinforce, and facilitate
ecological and climate catastrophe. Employing a case study-based
approach, the book examines the relationships and entanglements
between policing and ecosystems, revealing the intimate connection
between political violence and ecological degradation.
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