Democracy in the woods : environmental conservation and social justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico /

Democracy in the Woods examines the trajectories of forest and land rights in India, Tanzania, and Mexico to explain how societies negotiate the tensions between environmental protection and social justice. It shows that the social consequences of environmental protection depend, almost entirely, on...

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Main Author: Kashwan, Prakash (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:Studies in comparative energy and environmental politics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Democracy in the Woods examines the trajectories of forest and land rights in India, Tanzania, and Mexico to explain how societies negotiate the tensions between environmental protection and social justice. It shows that the social consequences of environmental protection depend, almost entirely, on political intermediation of competing claims to environmental resources.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 311 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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