Book description
This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts, central
thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology.
- Explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges
facing the sub-discipline
- Provides the first full history of the development of political
ecology over the last century and its theoretical underpinnings
- Considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the future
- Study boxes introduce key figures in the development of the
discipline and summarize their most important works
- Fully updated to include recent events, such as the Gulf of
Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural examples, from the
developed and underdeveloped world
Paul Robbins
is Professor and Director of the School of Geography and Development at
the University of Arizona. He is the author of numerous publications
including
World Regions in a Global Context: People, Places, and Environments
(with S. Marston, P. Knox, D. Liverman and V. Del Casino, 2010),
Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction
(with J. Hintz and S. Moore, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and
Global
Political Ecology
(co-edited with R. Peet and M. Watts, 2011).
