Contested grounds : essays on nature, culture, and power

By:

Baviskar, Amita Ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2008Description: vi,259pISBN:

9780195695854

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DDC classification:

333.7 BAV

Contents:

Contents Acknowledgements vii l. Introduction AMITA BAVISKAR 1 2. Water and Waste: Nature, Productivity, and Colonialism in the Indus Basin DAVID GILMARTIN 13 3. Contexts and Constructions of Scarcity LYLA MEHTA 38 4. Environmental Insecurities: Geopolitics, Resources, and Conflict SIMON DALBY 59 5. Investing in Nature around Sylhet: An Excursion into Geographical History DAVID LUDDEN 77 6. Economies of Violence: More Oil, More Blood MICHAEL WATTS 106 7. Natural Resources and Capitalist Frontiers ANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING 137 8. Cultural Theory, Climate Change, and Clumsiness MICHAEL THOMPSON 158 9. Who's in Charge? Reflections on the Worldwide Displacement of Democratic Judgement by Expert Assessments STEVE RAYNER 17 4 10. Situating Resource Struggles: Concepts for Empirical Analysis TANIA MURRAY Lr 193 References 217 Notes on Contributors 245 Index 246

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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
l. Introduction
AMITA BAVISKAR 1
2. Water and Waste: Nature, Productivity, and Colonialism in the Indus Basin
DAVID GILMARTIN 13
3. Contexts and Constructions of Scarcity
LYLA MEHTA 38
4. Environmental Insecurities: Geopolitics, Resources, and Conflict
SIMON DALBY 59
5. Investing in Nature around Sylhet: An Excursion into Geographical History
DAVID LUDDEN 77
6. Economies of Violence: More Oil, More Blood
MICHAEL WATTS 106
7. Natural Resources and Capitalist Frontiers
ANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING 137
8. Cultural Theory, Climate Change, and Clumsiness
MICHAEL THOMPSON 158
9. Who's in Charge? Reflections on the Worldwide Displacement of Democratic Judgement by Expert
Assessments
STEVE RAYNER 17 4
10. Situating Resource Struggles: Concepts for Empirical Analysis
TANIA MURRAY Lr 193
References 217
Notes on Contributors 245
Index 246

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