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Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa
Mohamed Salih
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Description for Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa
Paperback. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; PSXE; RGC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
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
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Series
Environment & Policy
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048151967
SKU
V9789048151967
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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