03208cam a22003614a 4500 16257192 20110519091626.0 100528s2010 nyua 001 0 eng 2010022748 9780521765763 (hardback) 0521765765 (hardback) 9780521759137 (pbk.) 0521759137 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn640917664 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP CDX STF UKM BTCTA DLC 363.70561 22 OLE O'Lear, Shannon. 28546 Environmental politics : scale and power / Shannon O'Lear. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. ix, 228 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-226) and index. Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Climate change; 3. Oil and energy; 4. Food security; 5. Garbage and waste; 6. Toxins; 7. Resource conflict; 8. Conclusion; References; Index. "Shannon O'Lear brings a geographer's perspective to environmental politics. The book considers issues of climate change, energy, food security, toxins, waste, and resource conflict to explore how political, economic, ideological and military power have contributed to the generation of environmental issues and the formation of dominant narratives about them. The book encourages the reader to think critically about the power dynamics that shape (and limit) how we think about environmental issues and to expand the reader's understanding of why it matters that these issues are discussed at particular spatial scales. Applying a geographer's sense of scale and power leads to a better understanding of the complexity of environmental issues and will help formulate mitigation and adaptation strategies. The book will appeal mainly to advanced students and researchers from a geography background, but also to social and political scientists who wish to look at the topic from this different perspective"-- "This book considers issues of climate change, oil and energy, food security, toxins, waste, and resource conflict to explore how political, economic, ideological, and military power have contributed to the generation of environmental issues and the formation of dominant narratives about them. The book encourages the reader to think critically about the power dynamics that shape (and limit) how we think about environmental issues and to expand the reader's understanding of why it matters that these issues are discussed at particular spatial scales"-- Environmental policy United States. 28547 Environmentalism United States. 28548 Environmental protection United States. 28549 Eco February2012 Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/65763/cover/9780521765763.jpg ddc BB 16371 16371 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2012-02-01 purchase 277.00 13955 3 26 363.70561 OLE 000025962 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2025-02-25 BB