Virtualism, Governance and Practice

Vision and Execution in Environmental Conservation
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84545-619-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 208 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

Many people investigating the operation of large-scale environmentalist organizations see signs of power, knowledge and governance in their policies and projects. This collection indicates that such an analysis appears to be justified from one perspective, but not from another. The chapters in this collection show that the critics, concerned with the power of these organizations to impose their policies in different parts of the world, appear justified when we look at environmentalist visions and at organizational policies and programs. However, they are much less justified when we look at the practical operation of such organizations and their ability to generate and carry out projects intended to reshape the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carrier, James G.

West, Paige

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutzorganisationen, Naturschützer
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

James G. Carrier and Paige West

Chapter 1. Virtualism and the Logic of Environmentalism

Vassos Argyrou

Chapter 2. New Nature: On the Production of a Paradox

Maarten Onneweer

Chapter 3. A Culture of Conservation: Shaping the Human Element in National Parks

Kathy Rettie

Chapter 4. A Bridge Too Far: The Knowledge Problem in the Millennium Assessment

Colin Filer

Chapter 5. Creolising Conservation: Caribbean Responses to Global Trends in Environmental Management

Tighe Geoghegan

Chapter 6. Uncivil Society: Local Stakeholders and Environmental Protection in Jamaica

Andrew Garner

Chapter 7. ‘The Report Was Written for Money to Come’: Constructing and Reconstructing the Case for Conservation in Papua New Guinea

Flip van Helden

Conclusion: Can the World Be Micromanaged?

Josiah McC. Heyman

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carrier, James G.
James G. Carrier has taught and done research in Papua New Guinea, the United States and Great Britain. For the past decade he has studied the relationship among local fishers, conservationists and the tourism sector in Jamaica. He has published extensively on this research and on environmental protection generally.

West, Paige
Paige West is Tow Associate Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University. She had conducted research on the linkages between environmental conservation and international development, the material and symbolic ways in which the natural world is understood and produced, and production, distribution, and consumption of various commodities. Her work is focused on Papua New Guinea.

James G. Carrier has taught and done research in Papua New Guinea, the United States and Great Britain. For the past decade he has studied the relationship among local fishers, conservationists and the tourism sector in Jamaica. He has published extensively on this research and on environmental protection generally.