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  • Mining Encounters

    Extractive Industries in an Overheated World

    Edición de Robert Jan Pijpers, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ...
    In a fast-changing world, where the extraction of natural resources is key to development, whilst also creating environmental and social disasters, understanding how landscapes, people and politics are shaped by extraction is crucial.Looking at resource extraction in numerous locations at different stages of development, including North, West and South Africa, India, Kazakhstan and Australia, a ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Mining and Development in Sierra Leone

    Negotiating Change and Navigating Uncertainty

    de Robert Jan Pijpers ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Mining and Development in Sierra Leone examines how different actors in Sierra Leone use the effects of large-scale mining to navigate and transform the challenging conditions of life.The book offers an in-depth analysis of the processes of development and change that mark resource extraction environments globally. Across the world, resource extraction is assigned an important role in development ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • The Anthropology of Resource Extraction

    Edición de Lorenzo D'Angelo, Robert Jan Pijpers ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This book offers an overview of the key debates in the burgeoning anthropological literature on resource extraction.Resources play a crucial role in the contemporary economy and society, are required in the production of a vast range of consumer products and are at the core of geopolitical strategies and environmental concerns for the future of humanity. Scholars have widely debated the economic ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

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  • Privatizing Water

    Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis

    de Karen Bakker ...
    Water supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s. Proponents argued that the private sector could provide better services at lower costs than governments; opponents questioned the risks involved in delegating control over a life-sustaining resource to for-profit companies. Private-sector activity was most concentrated—and contested—in large cities ... Leer más

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  • The Politics of Water

    A Survey

    Edición de Kai Wegerich, Jeroen Warner ...
    Series series Europa Politics of ... series
    This authoritative reference work gives timely information on the global politics of water. Readers will find case studies on a variety of complex water situations, from the Okavango River that flows through Angola, Namibia and Botswana, to the Euphrates-Tigris of the Upper Persian Gulf.With the current threat of climate change and increasing demand on water resources, the book gives valuable ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing

    Edición de Andreas Neef, Chanrith Ngin, Tsegaye Moreda, Sharlene Mollett ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    This handbook provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of global land and resource grabbing.Global land and resource grabbing has become an increasingly prominent topic in academic circles, among development practitioners, human rights advocates, and in policy arenas. The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing sustains this intellectual momentum by advancing methodological, ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change Epistemologies in Southern Africa

    Social and Cultural Dimensions

    Edición de Jörn Ahrens, Ernst Halbmayer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in African Geography
    This book investigates the social and cultural dimensions of climate change in Southern Africa, focusing on how knowledge about climate change is conceived and conveyed.Despite contributing very little to the global production of emissions, the African continent looks set to be the hardest hit by climate change. Adopting a decolonial perspective, this book argues that knowledge and discourse about ... Leer más

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  • Climate Futures

    Reimagining Global Climate Justice

    Edición de Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya A. Kurian, Debashish Munshi ...
    Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos.Seeking better explanations of the underlying causes and consequences of climate change, ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights

    Law and Policy Perspectives

    Edición de Dimitra Manou, Andrew Baldwin, Dug Cubie, Anja Mihr, Teresa Thorp ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement
    Climate Change already having serious impacts on the lives of millions of people across the world. These impacts are not only ecological, but also social, economic and legal. Among the most significant of such impacts is climate change-induced migration. The implications of this on human rights raise pressing questions, which require serious scholarly reflection.Drawing together experts in this ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Handbook On International Political Economy

    de Ralph Pettman ...
    International political economy (IPE) is a highly complex discipline, drawing not only from the fields of politics and economics, but also those as varied as philosophy, history and anthropology. Now widely accepted as a key dimension to contemporary world affairs, it is no longer possible to talk about international relations without talking about production and distribution, finance and ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • The Green State in Africa

    de Carl Death ...
    Series series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    A provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in Africa From climate-related risks such as crop failure and famine to longer-term concerns about sustainable urbanization, environmental justice, and biodiversity conservation, African states face a range of environmental issues. As Carl Death demonstrates, the ways in which they are addressing them have ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Development Geography

    de Rupert Hodder ...
    Development Geography is an informative and vibrant introductory level text, with a wealth of contrasting case-studies and illustrations. Written to stimulate critical thought and discussion about development, it does not assume any clear-cut distinction between 'developed' and 'developing' parts of the world. Case-studies highlight the problems and possible solutions at local, national and ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD