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Format: 1 online resource (304 p.)

ISBN: 9780813542546

Content: Environmental issues have become increasingly prominent in local struggles, national debates, and international policies. In response, scholars are paying more attention to conventional politics and to more broadly defined relations of power and difference in the interactions between human groups and their biophysical environments. Such issues are at the heart of the relatively new interdisciplinary field of political ecology, forged at the intersection of political economy and cultural ecology. This volume provides a toolkit of vital concepts and a set of research models and analytic frameworks for researchers at all levels. The two opening chapters trace rich traditions of thought and practice that inform current approaches to political ecology. They point to the entangled relationship between humans, politics, economies, and environments at the dawn of the twenty-first century and address challenges that scholars face in navigating the blurring boundaries among relevant fields of enquiry. The twelve case studies that follow demonstrate ways that culture and politics serve to mediate human-environmental relationships in specific ecological and geographical contexts. Taken together, they describe uses of and conflicts over resources including land, water, soil, trees, biodiversity, money, knowledge, and information; they exemplify wide-ranging ecological settings including deserts, coasts, rainforests, high mountains, and modern cities; and they explore sites located around the world, from Canada to Tonga and cyberspace.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1 Place, Power, Difference: Multiscale Research at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century -- , 2 Politics, Ecologies, Genealogies -- , 3 The Fight for the West: A Political Ecology of Land-Use Conflicts in Arizona -- , 4 Whose Water? Political Ecology of Water Reform in Zimbabwe -- , 5 The New Calculus of Bedouin Pastoralism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- , 6 Land Tenure and Biodiversity: An Exploration in the Political Ecology of Murang’a District, Kenya -- , 7 The Political Ecology of Consumption: Beyond Greed and Guilt -- , 8 Finding the Global in the Local: Environmental Struggles in Northern Madagascar -- , 9 Symbolic Action and Soil Fertility: Political Ecology and the Transformation of Space and Place in Tonga -- , 10 Gendered Practices and Landscapes in the Andes: The Shape of Asymmetrical Exchanges -- , 11 Undermining Modernity: Protecting Landscapes and Meanings among the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia -- , 12 Shade: Throwing Light on Politics and Ecology in Contemporary Pakistan -- , 13 A Global Political Ecology of Bioprospecting -- , 14 The Emergence of Collective Ethnic Identities and Alternative Political Ecologies in the Colombian Pacific Rainforest -- , Notes on Contributors -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.36019/9780813542546

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Format: 1 online resource (263 pages)

ISBN: 9781315430096 , 9781315430065 , 9781315430072

Series Statement: Advances in critical medical anthropology Volume 3

Content: 1. Khat comes to Madagascar -- 2. Contexts of consumption -- 3. Leaf of paradise or scourge? Drug effects and health -- 4. Growing and selling Khat -- 5. Indirect effects of Khat : conservation, food security, and access to health care -- 6. Intimate livelihoods : gender and survival on the margins -- 7. The loud silence of green gold : war on drugs, state silence, and alternative development -- 8. Drug effects : a holistic perspective.

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781598744903

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781598744910

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781598744903

Language: English

DOI: 10.4324/9781315430096

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (300 pages)

ISBN: 9780813542546 , 0813542545

Content: Environmental issues have become increasingly prominent in local struggles, national debates, and international policies. In response, scholars are paying more attention to conventional politics and to more broadly defined relations of power and difference in the interactions between human groups and their biophysical environments. Such issues are at the heart of the relatively new interdisciplinary field of political ecology, forged at the intersection of political economy and cultural ecology. This volume provides a toolkit of vital concepts and a set of research models and analytic

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Place, power, difference: multiscale research at the dawn of the twenty-first century / Lisa L. Gezon and Susan Paulson -- Politics, ecologies, genealogies / Susan Paulson, Lisa L. Gezon, and Michael Watts -- The Fight for the west: a political ecology of land-use conflicts in Arizona / Mette J. Brodgen and James B. Greenberg -- Whose water? Political ecology of water reform in Zimbabwe / Anne Ferguson and Bill Derman -- The new calculus of Bedouin pastoralism in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Andrew Gardner -- Land tenure and biodiversity: an exploration in the political ecology of Murang'a district, Kenya / A. Fiona D. Mackenzie -- The political ecology of consumption: beyond greed and guilt / Josiah McC. Heyman -- Finding the global in the local: environmental struggles in northern Madagascar / Lisa L. Gezon -- Symbolic action and soil fertility: political ecology and the transformation of space and place in Tonga / Charles J. Stevens -- Gendered practices and landscapes in the Andes: the shape of asymmetrical exchanges / Susan Paulson -- Undermining modernity: protecting landscapes and meanings among the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia / Alf Hornborg -- Shade: throwing light on politics and ecology in contemporary Pakistan / Michael R. Dove -- A global political ecology of bioprospecting / Hanne Svarstad -- The emergence of collective ethnic identities and alternative political ecologies in the Colombian Pacific rainforest / Arturo Escobar and Susan Paulson.

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Political ecology across spaces, scales, and social groups New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2004 ISBN 9780813534770

Language: English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (204 Seiten)

ISBN: 9781003109549 , 9781000895551 , 9781000895513

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780367625245

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780367625269

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Carrier, Neil C. M. The anthropology of drugs London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 ISBN 9780367625245

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780367625269

Language: English

Keywords: Rauschgift ; Drogenkonsum ; Drogenhandel ; Anthropologie

DOI: 10.4324/9781003109549

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Format: XIII, 225 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 0759107378 , 0759107386 , 9780759107373 , 9780759107380

Series Statement: Globalization and the environment

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Negotiated landscapes -- The global in the local -- Antankarana : ethnic identity, royal authority, and history -- Patterns of production -- Conjunctures of authority -- The missing cattle -- Ritual and the legitimacy of kings -- Making place : conservation and the limits of royal authority -- Managed landscapes

Language: English

Keywords: Madagaskar ; Ökologie ; Politik ; Landnutzung

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Format: 263 p. : , ill.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Series Statement: Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3

Content: "Khat, marijuana, peyote--are these dangerous drugs or vilified plants with rich cultural and medical values? In this book, Lisa Gezon brings the drug debate into the 21st century, proposing criteria for evaluating psychotropic substances. Focusing on khat, whose bushy leaves are an increasingly popular stimulant and the target of vehement anti-drug campaigns, she explores biocultural and socioeconomic contexts on local, national, and global levels. Gezon provides a multidisciplinary examination of the plant's direct physical and psychological effects, as well as indirect social and structural effects on income and labor productivity, identity, gendered relationships, global drug discourses, and food security. This sophisticated, multileveled analysis cuts through the traditional battle lines of the drug debate and is a model for understanding and evaluating psychotropic substances around the world"--

Note: Machine generated contents note: 1: Introduction Part I: Consumption, Identity, and Health 2: Patterns of Consumption 3: Leaf of Paradise or Scourge?: Drug Effects, Health and Legalization Part II: Indirect Effects: Production and Trade 4: Growing and Selling Khat 5: Implications for Food Security and Conservation 6: Intimate Livelihoods: Gender and Survival on the Margins Part III: The Silence of Green Gold: Drug Effects in Economies on the Margins 7: Khat on the Global Margins: Wars on Drugs, State Silence, and Alternative Development Drugs on the Global Margins 8: Tying It Together References Index About the Author.

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)

ISBN: 9781003109549 , 1003109543 , 9781000895551 , 1000895556 , 9781000895513 , 1000895513

Content: "From khat to kava to ketamine, drugs are constitutive parts of cultures, identities, economies and livelihoods. This much-needed book is a clear introduction to the anthropology of drugs, providing a cutting-edge and accessible overview of the topic. The authors examine and assess the following key topics: - How drugs feature in anthropology and the work of anthropologists and the general role of drugs in society - Comparison between biochemical and pharmacological approaches to drugs and bio-socio-cultural models of understanding drugs - Evolutionary origins of psychotropic drug sensitivity and archaeological evidence for the spread of psychoactive substances in pre-history - drugs in spiritual and religions contexts, considering their role in altered states of consciousness, divination, and healing - stimulant drugs and the ambivalence with which they are treated in society - Addiction and dependency - Drug economies, livelihoods and the production and distribution segments of drug commodity chains - Drug policies and drug wars - Drugs, race and gender - The future of the study of drugs and anthropological professional engagements with solving drug problems With the inclusion of chapter summaries and many examples, further reading and case studies-- including drug tourism, drug industries in the Philippines and Mexico, Afghanistan and the 'Golden Triangle' and the opioid crisis in North America -- The Anthropology of Drugs: An Introduction is an ideal introduction for those coming to the topic for the first time, and also for those working in the professional and health sectors. As well as students of anthropology it will be of interest to those in related disciplines including sociology, psychology, health studies and religion"--

Additional Edition: Print version: Carrier, Neil C. M. Anthropology of drugs. New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9780367625245

Language: English

DOI: 10.4324/9781003109549

URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003109549