ABSTRACT

Liberation Ecologies brings together some of the most exciting theorists in the field to explore the impact of political ecology in today's developing world. The book casts new light on the crucial interrelations of development, social movements and the environment in the South - the 'bigger' half of our planet - and raises questions and hopes about change on the global scale.
The in-depth case material is drawn from across the Developing World, from Latin America, Africa and Asia. The issues raised in contemporary political, economic and social theory are illustrated through these case studies.
Ultimately, Liberation Ecologies questions what we understand by 'development', be it mainstream or alternative, and seeks to renew our sense of nature's range of possibilities.

part I|95 pages

Renewing Political Ecology

chapter 3|38 pages

Invisible forests

The political ecology of forest resurgence in El Salvador

part II|81 pages

Discourse and Practice

chapter 4|17 pages

Environmental Discourses on Soil Degradation in Bolivia

Sustainability and the search for socioenvironmental “middle ground”

chapter 5|38 pages

Purity and Pollution

Racial degradation and environmental anxieties

part III|71 pages

Institutions and Governance

chapter 7|21 pages

Nature-State-Territory

Toward a critical theorization of conservation enclosures *

chapter 9|24 pages

Transition environments

Ecological and social challenges to post-socialist industrial development

part IV|59 pages

Conflict and Struggle

chapter 10|23 pages

Violent Environments

Petroleum conflict and the political ecology of rule in the Niger Delta, Nigeria 1

chapter 11|16 pages

Gender and Class Power in Agroforestry Systems

Case studies from Indonesia and West Africa

part V|92 pages

Movement

chapter 14|20 pages

From Chipko to Uttaranchal

The environment of protest and development in the Indian Himalaya

chapter 15|25 pages

Movements and Modernizations, Markets and Municipalities

Indigenous federations in rural Ecuador