Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation’s role as a central driver of global capitalism INDICE: Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation: Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy PartI: Cultivating Conservation with Capitalism 1. A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation andCapitalist Expansion: Jim Igoe, Katja Neves and Dan Brockington 2. The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector Engagement and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation: Kenneth Iain MacDonald 3. The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa: Dan Brockington and Katherine Scholfield 4. Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: U.S. AID for Conservation: Catherine Corson 5. Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and Its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods: Hassanali T. Sachedina 6. The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic: George Holmes 7.Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa: Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels Part II: Selling Conservation 8. Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: EthicalConsumption and Commodity Fetishism: James G. Carrier 9. Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches and Papua New Guinea: Paige West 10. Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching: Katja Neves 11.Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant-Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana: Rosaleen Duffy and Lorraine Moore 12. The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico: Peter R. Wilshusen Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3834-8
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 03/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés