Living with nature : Environmental politics as cultural discourse

By:

Fischer Frank

Contributor(s):

Hajer Maarten A

Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 1999Description: 269p xiiISBN:

019829509X

Subject(s):

1. Sustainable Environmental Development 2. Environmental Politices - Socio-Cultural Dimensions

DDC classification:

344.046 FIS FIS

Contents:

CONTENTS; Introduction : Beyond Global Discourse: The Rediscovery of Culture in Environmental Politics Maarten Hajer and Frank Fischer Part; I The Natural Environment as Cultural Construct 1 Sustainable Development and the Crisis of Nature: On the Political Anatomy of an Oxymoron Wolfgang Sachs 2 The North As/and the Other: Ecology, Domination, Solidarity Yrjö Haila 3 Nature in Spiritual Traditions: Social and Cultural Implications for Environmental Change Carolyn P. Egri Part II Cultural Discourse in Environmental Expertise and Policy Making 4 Engineering the Environment: The Politics of ‘Nature Development’ Jozef Keulartz 5 Eco‐Managerialism: Environmental Studies as a Power/Knowledge Formation Timothy W. Luke 6 Mapping Complex Social‐Natural Relationships: Cases from Mexico and Africa Peter J. Taylor 7 Security and Solidarity: An Anti‐Reductionist Analysis of Environmental Policy Michael Thompson Part III Environmental Politics and Cultural Difference 8 The Environment of Justice David Harvey 9 Images of Place in Green Politics: The Cultural Mirror of Indigenous Traditions Douglas Torgerson 10 Partnership Ethics and Cultural Discourse: Women and the Earth Summit Carolyn Merchant Reference; Index

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CONTENTS;
Introduction : Beyond Global Discourse: The Rediscovery of Culture in Environmental Politics
Maarten Hajer and Frank Fischer
Part; I The Natural Environment as Cultural Construct
1 Sustainable Development and the Crisis of Nature: On the Political Anatomy of an Oxymoron
Wolfgang Sachs
2 The North As/and the Other: Ecology, Domination, Solidarity Yrjö Haila
3 Nature in Spiritual Traditions: Social and Cultural Implications for Environmental Change
Carolyn P. Egri
Part II Cultural Discourse in Environmental Expertise and Policy Making
4 Engineering the Environment: The Politics of ‘Nature Development’
Jozef Keulartz
5 Eco‐Managerialism: Environmental Studies as a Power/Knowledge Formation
Timothy W. Luke
6 Mapping Complex Social‐Natural Relationships: Cases from Mexico and Africa
Peter J. Taylor
7 Security and Solidarity: An Anti‐Reductionist Analysis of Environmental Policy
Michael Thompson
Part III Environmental Politics and Cultural Difference
8 The Environment of Justice
David Harvey
9 Images of Place in Green Politics: The Cultural Mirror of Indigenous Traditions
Douglas Torgerson
10 Partnership Ethics and Cultural Discourse: Women and the Earth Summit
Carolyn Merchant
Reference;
Index

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