Critical Political Ecology by Timothy Forsyth - 9780415185622

Taylor & Francis

Describes new ways of looking at environmental science and politics, and discusses the problems of formulating and implementing environmental policy, particularly in the global arena and in developing countries. > \nCritical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to understand the relationship between environmental science and politics. In this timely and wide-ranging volume, Tim Forsyth uses an innovative approach to apply political analysis to ecology, and demonstrates how more politicised approaches to science can be used in environmental decision-making.\n\nCritical Political Ecology examines:\n*how social and political factors frame environmental science, and how science in turn shapes politics\n*how new thinking in philosophy and sociology of science can provide fresh insights into the biophysical causes and impacts of environmentalA