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Nature Inc : Environmental Conservation in the Neoliberal Age.

"Nature Inc. brings together cutting-edge research by respected scholars from around the world to analyze how 'neoliberal conservation' is reshaping human-nature relations"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Büscher, Bram, 1977-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Dressler, Wolfram Heinz, Robert, Fletcher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2014.
Series:Critical green engagements.
Subjects:
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental protection.
Human ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Neoliberalism.
NATURE > General.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Introduction. Natureâ?¢ Inc.: The New Frontiers of Enviornmental Conservation
  • Robert Fletcher, Wolfram Dressler, and Bram BÃ?scher""; ""Part I. Natureâ?¢ Inc.-Society Entanglements""; ""1. Capitalizing Conservation on Palawan Island, the Philippines
  • Wolfram Dressler""; ""2. Orchestrating Nature: Ethnographies of Natureâ?¢ Inc.
  • Kenneth Iain MacDonald and Catherine Corson""; ""3. Nature, Vilagers, and the State: Resistance Politics from Protected Areas in Zimbabwe
  • Frank Matose""; ""Part II. Representations of Natureâ?¢ Inc.""
  • ""4. Taking the Chocolate Laxative: Why Neoliberal Conservation ""Fails Forward""
  • Robert Fletcher""""5. Celebrity Spectacle, Post-Democratic Politics, and Natureâ?¢ Inc.
  • Dan Brockington""; ""6. Capitalizing Conservation/Development: Dissimulation, Misrecognition, and the Erasure of Power
  • Peter R. Wilshusen""; ""7. Performative Equations and Neoliberal Commodification: The Case of Climate
  • Larry Lohmann""; ""Part III. Nature on the Move: The Global Circulation of Natural Capital""
  • ""8. Nature on the Move I: The Value and Circulation of Liquid Nature and the Emergence of Fictitious Conservation
  • Bram BÃ?scher""""9. Nature on the Move II: Contemplation Becomes Speculation
  • Jim Igoe""; ""10. Nature on the Move III: (Re)countenancing an Animate Nature
  • Sian Sullivan""; ""Conclusion. The Limits of Natureâ?¢ Inc. and the Search for Vital Alternatives
  • Wolfram Dressler, Bram BÃ?scher, and Robert Fletcher""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""