Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast.
Karlsson, B. G.
Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast. / B. G Karlsson. - , New York : Berghahn Books, Inc , 2011. - xi, 315 pages : illustrations, maps :24cm.
Chapter 1. Nature and Nation
Chapter 2. Elusive Forests
Chapter 3. Shifting Land Rights
Chapter 4. Mining Matters
Chapter 5. Indigenous Governance
Chapter 6. Political Ecology at the Frontier
The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Can sustainable resource management be achieved in a situation of radical commodification of land and other aspects of nature? Focusing on conflicts relating to forest management, mining, and land rights, the author offers an account of present-day challenges for indigenous people to accommodate aspirations for ethnic.-
9789394852310
Zafaa Books & Distributors : 313/56F,Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035
Deforestation
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Ethnoecology
India Meghalaya
333.709 KAR
Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast. / B. G Karlsson. - , New York : Berghahn Books, Inc , 2011. - xi, 315 pages : illustrations, maps :24cm.
Chapter 1. Nature and Nation
Chapter 2. Elusive Forests
Chapter 3. Shifting Land Rights
Chapter 4. Mining Matters
Chapter 5. Indigenous Governance
Chapter 6. Political Ecology at the Frontier
The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Can sustainable resource management be achieved in a situation of radical commodification of land and other aspects of nature? Focusing on conflicts relating to forest management, mining, and land rights, the author offers an account of present-day challenges for indigenous people to accommodate aspirations for ethnic.-
9789394852310
Zafaa Books & Distributors : 313/56F,Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035
Deforestation
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Ethnoecology
India Meghalaya
333.709 KAR
