Who speaks for nature? : indigenous movements, public opinion, and the petro-state in Ecuador /

Using the first national survey in Ecuador featuring an oversample of Amazon indigenous communities, this path-breaking book argues that how vulnerable or exposed people have been to environmental degradation determines how strongly they feel about saving the environment. Rather than emphasizing eth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eisenstadt, Todd A. (Author), West, Karleen Jones (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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:Using the first national survey in Ecuador featuring an oversample of Amazon indigenous communities, this path-breaking book argues that how vulnerable or exposed people have been to environmental degradation determines how strongly they feel about saving the environment. Rather than emphasizing ethnic identity or stakeholders' ideological pre-dispositions towards environmentalism, the authors argue that on the front lines of environmental conservation, peoples' views are driven by personal experiences of vulnerability. Using the survey and hundreds of interviews across Ecuador over three year.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 272 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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