Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa
Nowadays, the environment looms large in the analysis of conflict in developing societies, and the precise role it plays is the subject of an ongoing debate. The de bate has moved on from the earlier, but still popular, notions of 'power struggles', 'class struggles' and 'e...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Environment & Policy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Land Alienation and Environmental Insecurity
- 3 Displacement by Authoritarian Development
- 4 Nuba and Ogoni: Genocide in a Shrinking Environmental Space
- 5 Hadendowa and Fulani: ‘Resourcing’ Identity Politics
- 6 Oromo and Dinka: Conflating Environmental and Liberation Struggle
- 7 REST: Post-war Reconstruction and Environmental Rehabilitation
- 8 NGOs, Environment and Liberation: The Global-Local Nexus
- 9 Conclusion