Capitalism and conservation /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brockington, Daniel, Duffy, Rosaleen
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Antipode book series
• Subjects: Environmental economics.; Conservation of natural resources > Economic aspects.; Consumption (Economics); Capitalism.; Electronic books.

"Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism. Features innovative new research on case studies on the connections between capitalism and conservation drawn from all o...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation / Dan Brockington, Rosaleen Duffy
• A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion / Jim Igoe, Katja Neves, Dan Brockington
• The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector ₃Engagement₄ and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation / Kenneth Iain Macdonald
• The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa / Dan Brockington, Katherine Scholfield
• Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US AID for Conservation / Catherine Corson
• Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods / Hassanali T Sachedina
• The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic / George Holmes
• Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa / Marja Spierenburg, Harry Wels
• Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical Consumption and Commodity Fetishism / James G Carrier
• Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and Papua New Guinea / Paige West
• Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching / Katja Neves
• Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant-Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana / Rosaleen Duffy, Lorraine Moore
• The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico / Peter R Wilshusen
• Index.