Power in Conservation - 9780367342517

Taylor & Francis

Power in ConservationEnvironmental Anthropology Beyond Political Ecology\nAuthor(s): Carol Carpenter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367342517, 978-0367342517\nSynopsis\nThis book examines theories and ethnographies related to the anthropology of power in conservation.\n\nConservation thought and practice is power ladenconservation thought is powerfully shaped by the history of ideas of nature and its relation to people, and conservation interventions govern and affect peoples and ecologies. This book argues that being able to think deeply, particularly about power, improves conservation policy-making and practice. Political ecology is by far the most well-known and well-published approach to thinking about power in conservation. This book analyzes the relatively neglected but robust anthropology of conservation literature on politics and power outside political ecology, especially literature rooted in Foucault..