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Author Karlsson, B. G.

Title Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast / Bengt G. Karlsson
Published New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps
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. -- Publisher's Description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Deforestation -- India -- Meghalaya
Deforestation -- India, Northeastern
Environmental degradation -- India -- Meghalaya
Environmental degradation -- India, Northeastern
Environmental ethics -- India -- Meghalaya
Environmental ethics -- India, Northeastern
Ethnoecology -- India -- Meghalaya
Ethnoecology -- India, Northeastern
Political ecology -- India -- Meghalaya
Political ecology -- India, Northeastern
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Deforestation
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Environmental ethics
Ethnoecology
Political ecology
SUBJECT India, Northeastern -- Environmental conditions
Meghalaya (India) -- Environmental conditions
Subject India -- Meghalaya
Northeastern India
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011006665
ISBN 9780857451057
0857451057