Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast. / B. G Karlsson.

By: Karlsson, B. GContributor(s): B. G. KarlssonMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: : Zafaa Books & Distributors | : 313/56F,Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035Publication details: , New York : Berghahn Books, Inc , 2011Description: xi, 315 pages : illustrations, maps :24cmISBN: 9789394852310Subject(s): Deforestation | Ecology | Environmental degradation | Ethnoecology | India MeghalayaDDC classification: 333.709 KAR
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.-
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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.-

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