Brockington / Duffy Capitalism and Conservation

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9145-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, E-Book

Through a series of case studies from around the world,Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique ofconservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism.
* Features innovative new research on case studies on theconnections between capitalism and conservation drawn from all overthe world
* Examines some of our most popular leisure pursuits andconsumption habits to uncover the ways they drive and deepen globalcapitalism
* Reveals the increase in intensity and variety of forms ofcapitalist conservation throughout the world

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brockington, Dan

Duffy, Rosaleen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation 1
Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy
1 A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion 17
Jim Igoe, Katja Neves and Dan Brockington
2 The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector "Engagement" and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation 44
Kenneth Iain MacDonald
3 The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa 82
Dan Brockington and Katherine Scholfield
4 Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US AID for Conservation 108
Catherine Corson
5 Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods 135
Hassanali T. Sachedina
6 The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic 156
George Holmes
7 Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa 179
Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels
8 Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical Consumption and Commodity Fetishism 203
James G. Carrier
9 Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and Papua New Guinea 221
Paige West
10 Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching 251
Katja Neves
11 Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant-Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana 274
Rosaleen Duffy and Lorraine Moore
12 The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico 299
Peter R.Wilshusen
Index 332

Über Autor(innen)

Dan Brockington is a Senior Lecturer in the School ofEnvironment and Development at the University of Manchester. He isthe author of Fortress Conservation (2002), Celebrity andthe Environment. Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation(2009) and, with Rosaleen Duffy and Jim Igoe, NatureUnbound: Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of ProtectedAreas (2008).
Rosaleen Duffy is Professor of International Politics atManchester University. She is author or co-author of several books,including Killing for Conservation (2000), A Trip TooFar: Politics, Ecotourism and Exploitation (2002), andNature Crime: How We're Getting Conservation Wrong(forthcoming, 2010).