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The "Greening" of Costa Rica
Women, Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, and the Remaking of Nature
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
About this book
Drawing on a decade of fieldwork in these communities, Isla exposes the duplicity of a neoliberal model in which the environment is converted into commercial assets, few of whose benefits flow to the local population.
Author / Editor information
Isla Ana :
Ana Isla is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies at Brock University.
Reviews
Mechthild Hart, Professor Emeritus, School for New Learning, DePaul University:
“A powerful statement about the life-threatening and destructive moves of green capitalism and what they mean for the survival chances of populations whose ways of living and knowing are transformed into sources of exploitation, destroying not only their livelihoods but also the survival potential of our planet.”
“A powerful statement about the life-threatening and destructive moves of green capitalism and what they mean for the survival chances of populations whose ways of living and knowing are transformed into sources of exploitation, destroying not only their livelihoods but also the survival potential of our planet.”
Mary Mellor, Emeritus Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University:
“The ‘Greening’ of Costa Rica is a very interesting case study of the link between political ecology and political economy by a long-term observer of green development in Costa Rica.”
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Figures and Tables
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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THE “GREENING” OF COSTA RICA. Women, Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, and the Remaking of Nature
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Introduction: The “Greening” of Costa Rica
3 - Part I: Foreign Debt, Debt-for-Nature, and the National System of Conservation Areas
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1. The Political Economy of Costa Rica’s Neoliberal State
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2. Political Ecology, Debt-for-Nature, and National Conservation Areas
48 - Part II: Embodied Indebtedness: The Remaking of People and Nature
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3. Nature and People in the Arenal-Tilaran Conservation Area
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4. Biological Diversity and the Dispossession of Peasants’ Knowledge
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5. Forests and Peasants’ Loss of Access
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6. Ecotourism and Social Development
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7. Women’s Microenterprises and Social Development
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8. Mining and the Dispossession of Resources and Livelihoods
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9. The “Greening” of Capitalism
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Abbreviations
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
October 8, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9781442620032
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
224
Illustrations:
4
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4 figures, 1 map
eBook ISBN:
9781442620032
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
