Willow, Anna J.
Understanding ExtrACTIVISM: Culture and Power in Natural Resource Disputes
- ISBN 13:
- 9781138607408
- author:
- Willow, Anna J.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 294
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.9 centimetres (0.48 kg
- Genre:
- Business, Industries, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Understanding ExtrACTIVISM: A Critical Examination of Culture and Power in Natural Resource Disputes This book explores how contemporary natural resource extractive industries operate, and the responses they elicit from local citizens and activists. Through case studies and an activist anthropological approach, Anna Willow examines the complex interconnections between environmental, social, and political dimensions of natural resource disputes. The author argues that diverse conflicts over natural resources are rooted in a culturally constituted 'extractivist' mindset, embedded in global patterns of political inequity. This book offers a synthesizing framework for understanding these issues, reflecting on why extractivism exists, its significance, and potential solutions. Valuable reading for students, researchers, activists, and practitioners in the environmental social sciences, this book provides a nuanced analysis of natural resource disputes and their underlying cultural and power dynamics.
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