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Nature, Production, Power
Towards an Ecological Political Economy

Edited by Fred P. Gale, University of Tasmania, Australia and R. Michael M’Gonigle, University of Victoria, Canada
2000 264 pp Hardback 978 1 84064 317 6 $140.00 on-line discount $126.00

‘[A] path-breaking book that sets out to conceptualise a new ecological political economy . . . The collection offers a range of innovative analyses that highlight how changing rationalities and systems of governance, production, reproduction and exchange are implicated in the generation of local, regional and global ecological problems.’
– Robyn Eckersley, Monash University, Australia

‘[A] highly creative and stimulating book, well worth a thoughtful read whether one is primarily a critical theorist, a policy wonk, or a would-be guardian.’
– Thomas Princen, University of Michigan, US

This book introduces readers to the discipline of ecological political economy, an approach that aims at a theoretical synthesis of nature, production and power relations. At its heart is a critical appreciation of the social institutions and organizations that can provide the basis for strong environmental sustainability.

The complex of ecological, political and economic interrelationships are analysed by eleven authors from backgrounds in economics, political theory, political economy, law and theology. Unifying the disparate treatments is each author's commitment to critical reflection in the pursuit of an ever-more informed debate.

Contents: Preface Part I: Ecological Political Economy and Community 1. A Dialectic of Centre and Territory 2. Sabbaths, Shamans and Superquarrying on a Scottish Island 3. ‘Community’ and Natural Resource Conservation Part II: Ecological Political Economy and Critical Theory 4. Democracy, Ecology, Political Economy 5. An Ecological Historical Materialism 6. Nature (Re)Production and Power Part III: Ecological Political Economy and the State 7. Political Ecology and Regional Sustainability 8. Beyond the Statist Frame Part IV: Ecological Political Economy and the ‘System’ 9. Ecological Sustainability 10. Equity, Economic Scale and the Role of Exchange in a Sustainable Economy 11. Regulating Accumulation, Guarding the Web Bibliography Index Contributors: L. Adkin, A. Agrawal, G. Alperovitz, T. Benton, A. Campbell, K. Conca, F. Gale, M. Mellor, M. M’Gonigle, M. Northcott, E. Perkins, H. Rangan, T. Williamson





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