| Science, Society and Power: Environmental Knowledge and Policy in West Africa and the Caribbean Contributor(s): Fairhead, James (Author), Leach, Melissa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521535662 ISBN-13: 9780521535663 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: This book brings science to the heart of debates about globalization by exploring the globalization of science and its contrasting effects in Guinea (one of the world's poorest countries) and Trinidad (a more prosperous, industrialized and urbanized island). It focuses on environment, forestry and conservation, sciences that are central to these countries and involve resources that many depend upon for their livelihoods. Taking a unique ethnographic approach drawn from anthropology, development and science studies, the work will appeal to students and researchers across the social sciences, as well as policy-makers and practitioners. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
| Dewey: 333.951 |
| LCCN: 2002041694 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.08" W x 9.1" (1.01 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fairhead, James: - "James Fairhead is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. He has jointly authored, with Melissa Leach, Misreading the African Landscape: Society and Ecology in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic (CUP, 1996) and Reframing Deforestation: Global Analyses and Local Realities - Studies in West Africa (1998)."Leach, Melissa: - "Melissa Leach is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She has jointly authored, with James Fairhead, Misreading the African Landscape: Society and Ecology in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic (CUP, 1996) and Reframing Deforestation: Global Analyses and Local Realities - Studies in West Africa (1998)." |