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Wolf Conflicts: A Sociological Study
Ketil Skogen
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Description for Wolf Conflicts: A Sociological Study
Hardback. Making a comeback in Northern Europe and North America, wolf populations cause conflicts by affecting the livelihoods of rural peoples. However, their arrivals also become embedded in more general societal tensions. Series: Interspecies Encounters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; JHB; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Wolf populations have recently made a comeback in Northern Europe and North America. These large carnivores can cause predictable conflicts by preying on livestock, and competing with hunters for game. But their arrivals often become deeply embedded in more general societal tensions, which arise alongside processes of social change that put considerable pressure on rural communities and on the rural working class in particular. Based on research and case studies conducted in Norway, Wolf Conflicts discusses various aspects of this complex picture, including conflicts over land use and conservation, and more general patterns of hegemony and resistance in modern societies. ... Read more
Wolf populations have recently made a comeback in Northern Europe and North America. These large carnivores can cause predictable conflicts by preying on livestock, and competing with hunters for game. But their arrivals often become deeply embedded in more general societal tensions, which arise alongside processes of social change that put considerable pressure on rural communities and on the rural working class in particular. Based on research and case studies conducted in Norway, Wolf Conflicts discusses various aspects of this complex picture, including conflicts over land use and conservation, and more general patterns of hegemony and resistance in modern societies. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Interspecies Encounters
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785334207
SKU
V9781785334207
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Ref
99-15
About Ketil Skogen
Ketil Skogen is a sociologist at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA. He has studied the conflicts over wolves and wolf management in Norway for close to two decades, with a particular view to situating the controversies within societal power structures and processes of social and cultural change in rural areas. Olve Krange is a sociologist at ... Read more
Reviews for Wolf Conflicts: A Sociological Study
This is a strong and engaging book. Wolf Conflicts is not a book about wolves per se, but rather an exploration of what human interactions with wolves can tell us about contemporary rural societies.
Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University Wolf Conflicts is sure to be a useful and fascinating read not only for environmental sociologists but also for ... Read more
Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University Wolf Conflicts is sure to be a useful and fascinating read not only for environmental sociologists but also for ... Read more