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Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics - Couverture rigide

Dempsey, Jessica

 
9781118640609: Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics

Synopsis

Winner of the 2018 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology!

Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http: //www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nature/

  • Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising
  • Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan
  • Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to 'enterprise nature'
  • Investigates the implications of this 'will to enterprise' for environmental politics and policy

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À propos de l'auteur

Jessica Dempsey is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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