Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition (Critical Introductions to Geography) - Softcover

Robbins, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470657324 ISBN 13: 9780470657324

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2012

Synopsis

This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts, central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology.

• Explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges facing the sub-discipline
• Provides the first full history of the development of political ecology over the last century and its theoretical underpinnings
• Considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the future
• Study boxes introduce key figures in the development of the discipline and summarize their most important works
• Fully updated to include recent events, such as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural examples, from the developed and underdeveloped world

About this title

About the Author

Paul Robbins is Professor and Director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. He is the author of numerous publications including World Regions in a Global Context: People, Places, and Environments (with S. Marston, P.Knox, D. Liverman and V. Del Casino, 2010), Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction (with J. Hintz and S. Moore, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and Global Political Ecology (co-edited with R. Peet and M. Watts, 2011).

From the Back Cover

Political ecology is a field that seeks to make sustainable outcomes more possible and imaginable, but also to critique and undermine the foundations of environmental injustice and destruction - from the wetland shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the forests of India to the slums of Tijuana and the suburbs of Arizona.

Written in clear and straightforward language and fully updated in the light of recent events, this new edition of Political Ecology presents the core concepts, central thinkers, and key works of a fast-growing and highly eclectic field. Using urban and rural examples from both the developed and underdeveloped world, the book provides the first full history of the development of political ecology over the last century and considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the future.

With study boxes, a range of illustrations, and new material throughout, this second edition argues that this urgent field, though chaotically diverse, is unified by a loose community of practice and by a certain kind of text, writing, and argument.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470657324
• ISBN 13: 9780470657324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288