This review examines the social, economic, and political effects of environmental
conservation projects as they are manifested in protected areas. We pay special attention to …

Political ecology examines the political dynamics surrounding material and discursive
struggles over the environment in the third world. The role of unequal power relations in …

Learning from the quantum and information theories, we provide a new definition of value,
which is expected to help economists relax assumptions and loosen established economic …

An accessible, focused exploration of the field of political ecology The third edition of
Political Ecology spans this sprawling field, using grounded examples and careful readings …

Biomedicine is often thought to provide a scientific account of the human body and of illness.
In this view, non-Western and folk medical systems are regarded as systems of'belief'and …

An effective response to contemporary environmental problems demands an approach that
integrates political, economic and ecological issues. Third World Political Ecology provides …

This is the first full-length treatment of food supply and food crisis in classical antiquity.
Hunger was never far away in the world of Greece and Rome, yet ancient historians have …

In this chapter, the author examines the epistemological and conceptual underpinnings of
man-nature relations in general. He analyses the critical concept of adaptation as motif …

Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts is the ideal introduction to this
discipline, defining and discussing its central terms with clarity and authority. Among the …

Archaeological research has increasingly turned to ques tions about the organization of
behavior in all realms of culture. The specific questions asked and the units of analysis used …