The Anthropology of Conservation NGOs Rethinking the Boundaries /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Larsen, Peter Bille (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Brockington, Dan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Anthropology of Sustainability
• Θέματα: Ethnology.; Environmental sociology.; Economic sociology.; Social Anthropology.; Environmental Sociology.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

This book explores how NGOs have been influential in shaping global biodiversity, conservation policy, and practice. It encapsulates a growing body of literature that has questioned the mandates, roles, and effectiveness of these organizations-and the critique of these critics. This volume seeks to...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Rethinking the Boundaries of Conservation NGOs
• 2. "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Dirty Harrys of Conservation": Revisiting the Anthropology of Conservation NGOs
• 3. Anthropology of Conservation NGOs: Learning from a Sectoral Approach to the Study of NGOs
• 4. Business, Biodiversity and New "Fields" of Conservation: The World Conservation Congress and the Renegotiation of Organisational Order
• 5. The Strategies and Effectiveness of Conservation NGOs in the Global Voluntary Standards: The Case of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm-oil
• 6. Investigating Consistency of a Pro-Market Perspective Amongst Conservationists
• 7. Conservation Jujutsu, or How Conservation NGOs Use Market Forces to Save Nature from Markets in Southern Chile
• 8. Strength and Limitations of Conservation NGOs in Meeting Local Needs: The Case of REDD+ in Nigeria
• 9. Misreading the Conservation Landscape.