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Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa
M. A. Mohamed Salih
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Description for Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa
Hardback. Explores the intricate relationship between liberation movements and environmental struggles in contemporary Africa. This book explains the role of local/international NGO partnerships with African liberation movements in extending humanitarian as well as advocacy support to the victims of state oppression. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPQB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
Nowadays, the environment looms large in the analysis of conflict in developing societies, and the precise role it plays is the subject of an ongoing debate. The de bate has moved on from the earlier, but still popular, notions of 'power struggles', 'class struggles' and 'ethnic conflicts', to a perception of conflict as the product of intense group competition for resources. Where the state controls the distribu tion of resources, itself inevitably becomes party to conflicts whose bone of con tention is access to state power as the most efficient means of gaining access to resources. The resources in question ... Read more
Nowadays, the environment looms large in the analysis of conflict in developing societies, and the precise role it plays is the subject of an ongoing debate. The de bate has moved on from the earlier, but still popular, notions of 'power struggles', 'class struggles' and 'ethnic conflicts', to a perception of conflict as the product of intense group competition for resources. Where the state controls the distribu tion of resources, itself inevitably becomes party to conflicts whose bone of con tention is access to state power as the most efficient means of gaining access to resources. The resources in question ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Series
Environment & Policy
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792356523
SKU
V9780792356523
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Reviews for Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa
`The book is well worth reading as it offers a surprising insight in two fields of political struggles that were long treated as separate issues. For geographers it shows promising vistas of the combination of political geography and environmental geography, embedded in the social sciences in general.' Tijdschrift voor Econimsche en Sociale Geographie, ... Read more