The Environment in Anthropology (Second Edition) : : A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living / / ed. by Nora Haenn, Richard Wilk, Allison Harnish.

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• MitwirkendeR: Acheson, James M.,; Aggarwal, Rimjhim,; Awono,,; Babon, Andrea,; Barbieri, Alisson,; Bedker, Amanda,; Berkes, Fikret,; Bloom, David,; Brockhaus, Maria,; Brockington, Dan,; Brosius, J. Peter,; Buttel, Frederick H.,; Carrier, James G.,; Checker, Melissa,; Cliggett, Lisa,; Cress, Doug,; Dalby, Simon,; Demaria, Federico,; Dokken, Therese,; Duchelle, Amy,; Durrenberger, Paul,; Edelman, Marc,; Escobar, Arturo,; Fairhead, James,; Feeny, David,; Ferguson, James,; Graddy-Lovelace, Garrett,; Grigg, David,; Haenn, Nora,; Harnish, Allison,; Hazlewood, Julianne A.,; Henry, Sabine,; Honey, Martha,; Hunter, Lori M.,; Huynh, Thu-Ba,; Igoe, Jim,; Johnson, Alex Carr,; Johnston, Barbara Rose,; Kneen, Brewster,; Knutsdatter Formo, Rannveig,; Larson, Anne M.,; Leach, Melissa,; Lohmann, Larry,; Lowenhaupt Tsing, Anna,; Martinez-Alier, Joan,; McC. Netting, Robert,; McCay, Bonnie J.,; McNeil, Richard J.,; McSweeney, Kendra,; Milton, Kay,; Nazarea, Virginia D.,; Nellemann, Christian,; Nightingale, Andrea,; Panayotou, Theodore,; Pavela, Gregory,; Perdue, Robert Todd,; Pham, Thu Thuy,; Rajan, S. Ravi,; Redman, Charles,; Redmond, Ian,; Resosudarmo, I. A. P.,; Robbins, Paul,; Robin, Libby,; Rocheleau, Dianne,; Roeder, Sydney,; Sawyer, Suzana,; Schneider, François,; Sekulova, Filka,; Selaya, Galia,; Sharp, Julie,; Steward, Julian,; Stiles, Daniel,; Sunderlin, William D.,; Taylor, Peter J.,; Thomas-Slayter, Barbara,; Twine, Wayne,; VanWey, Leah,; Walker, Robert,; Wangari, Esther,; Wilk, Richard R.,; de Sherbinin, Alex,
• HerausgeberIn: Haenn, Nora,; Harnish, Allison,; Wilk, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems.Haenn, Wilk, and Harnish pose the most urgent questions of environmental protection: How are environmental problems mediated by cultural values? What are the environmental effects of urbanization? When do environmentalists’ goals and actions conflict with those of indigenous peoples? How can we assess the impact of “environmentally correct” businesses? They also cover the fundamental topics of population growth, large scale development, biodiversity conservation, sustainable environmental management, indigenous groups, consumption, and globalization.This revised edition addresses new topics such as water, toxic waste, neoliberalism, environmental history, environmental activism, and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), and it situates anthropology in the multi-disciplinary field of environmental research. It also offers readers a guide for developing their own plan for environmental action. This volume offers an introduction to the breadth of ecological and environmental anthropology as well as to its historical trends and current developments. Balancing landmark essays with cutting-edge scholarship, bridging theory and practice, and offering suggestions for further reading and new directions for research, The Environment in Anthropology continues to provide the ideal introduction to a burgeoning field.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- Section 1. So, What Is Environmental Anthropology? -- 1. The Concept and Method of Cultural Ecology -- 2. Smallholders, Householders -- 3. False Forest History, Complicit Social Analysis -- 4. Gender and Environment -- 5. A View from a Point -- 6. Ethics Primer for University Students Intending to Become Natural Resources Managers and Administrators -- Section 2. What Does Population Have to Do with It? -- 7. Ester Boserup’s Theory of Agrarian Change -- 8. The Benefits of the Commons -- 9. 7 Billion and Counting -- 10. Rural Household Demographics, Livelihoods, and the Environment -- 11. Carrying Capacity’s New Guise -- 12. The Environment as Geopolitical Threat -- Section 3. What Are Urban, Rural, and Suburban Environments? -- 13. The Growth of World Urbanism -- 14. Economic Growth and the Environment -- 15. Bhopal -- 16. The Lawn-Chemical Economy and Its Discontents -- 17. Addictive Economies and Coal Dependency -- 18. The Anti-Politics Machine -- Section 4. How Does Globalization Affect Environment and Culture? -- 19. How Do We Know We Have Global Environmental Problems? -- 20. Bottled Water -- 21. Indigenous Initiatives and Petroleum Politics in the Ecuadorian Amazon -- 22. Land Tenure and REDD+ -- 23. Friction -- Section 5. How Do Identities Shape Ecological Experiences? -- 24. Cultural Theory and Environmentalism -- 25. Endangered Forests, Endangered People -- 26. The Nature of Gender -- 27. “But I Know It’s True” -- 28. Bringing the Moral Economy Back in . . . to the Study of 21st-Century Transnational Peasant Movements -- 29. How to Queer Ecology -- Section 6. Can Biodiversity Be Conserved? -- 30. Neoliberal Conservation -- 31. The Power of Environmental Knowledge -- 32. Radical Ecology and Conservation Science -- 33. Stolen Apes -- 34. Difference and Conflict in the Struggle over Natural Resources -- Section 7. Is Green Consumerism the Answer? -- 35. The Invisible Giant -- 36. Treading Lightly? -- 37. What Is Degrowth? -- 38. Protecting the Environment the Natural Way -- Section 8. Okay, Now What? -- 39. Living Up to Our Words -- 40. Social Responsibility and the Anthropological Citizen -- 41. World Is Burning, Sky Is Falling, All Hands on Deck! -- 42. A Wonderfully Incomplete Bibliography of Action-Oriented Anthropology and Applied Environmental Social Science -- Contributors -- Index