Cover; Democracy in the Woods; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. The Politics and Political Economy of Forestland Regimes; Part I: The Origins and Divergences of National Forestland Regimes; 2. Colonialism and the Transformation of Hinterlands; 3. Politics of "Development" and National Forestland Regimes; 4. Political Mediation of Land Conflicts in the Hinterlands; Part II: Politics of Institutional Change; 5. Politics of Institutional Change in India's Forestland Regimes
6. Politics of Institutional Change in Tanzania and MexicoPart III: Policy Differences and Key Lessons; 7. Public Accountability in Policy-making: Forest-Based Climate Change Mitigation in India, Tanzania, and Mexico; 8. Conclusion: Toward Social Justice and Enduring Nature Conservation; Appendix I: Number of People Affected by Forestland Conflicts; Appendix II: A Sample of Specific Events Related to Forestland Conflicts; Appendix III: Major Socioeconomic and Political Indicators in Case Study Countries; Appendix IV: Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index for Selected Regions
Appendix V: Statistical Analysis of Forestland Claims in Gujarat, IndiaReferences; Index
Summary
Democracy in the Woods examines the trajectories of forest and land rights in India, Tanzania, and Mexico to explain how societies negotiate the tensions between environmental protection and social justice. It shows that the social consequences of environmental protection depend, almost entirely, on political intermediation of competing claims to environmental resources
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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