Büscher / Bram Buscher Transforming the Frontier

Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9908-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

An argument that "peace parks," transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries, are driven by neoliberal approaches to conservation that are often deleterious to local inhabitants and the surrounding environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Büscher, Bram

Bram Buscher, Buscher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Introduction. Frontiers of Conservation 1

1. Forging (Trans)frontier Spaces 27

2. Neoliberal Amplifications 49

3. Compressing Reality 81

4. Divergent Interpretations 109

5. Processing Politics 135

6. Images of an Intervention 169

7. Neoliberal Alignments 195

Conclusion 219

Notes 233

References 263

Index 285

Über Autor(innen)

Bram Büscher is Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University in The Netherlands, and Visiting Associate Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.