Ecology and the Politics of Survival: Conflicts Over Natural Resources in India - Hardcover

Shiva, Vandana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803996721 ISBN 13: 9780803996724

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

This is a topical analysis of ecology movements in contemporary society and the conflicts generated over vital natural resources. The focus is on the social contradictions emerging in India in the wake of these conflicts and the author takes a Third World perspective to discuss the way in which ecology movements have questioned the dominant concepts of economic development.

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Review

`A pathbreaking study, it examines the way ecology movements in the Third World have questioned the validity of the dominant concepts and indicators of economic development.' - Productivity

`This book is a major work of its kind and is of invaluable help in understanding India's and the Third World's predicament. The author's plea for a change in our strategy for development comes through loud and clear.' - The Hindu

`This book looks at ecology movements from a Third World perspective, the first of its kind.' - Pakistan Development Review

`The observations are timely amd worthy of wider debate.' - The Economic Times

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0803996721
• ISBN 13: 9780803996724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368