Overview
- Presents original case studies and conceptual syntheses from Africa, Asia, and Latin America
- Follows common standards of academic rigor while minimizing the use of jargon
- Moves from critique to concrete recommendations for scholarship and practice
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Beyond Biophysical Assumptions
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Power Dynamics at the “Development Interface”
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Institutional Disjunctures and Innovations
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About this book
Beyond the Biophysical provides a broad overview of agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) scholarship and practice that lies beyond the biophysical, emphasizing instead epistemological, cultural, and political foundations of NRM. The volume is oriented toward professionals with expertise in agriculture and natural resource management scholarship and practice, but who lack exposure to the conceptual and methodological underpinnings of critical theory, the anthropology of development, ecological anthropology, and other relevant scholarship. It therefore follows common standards of academic rigour, but minimizes the use of jargon, integrates detailed case studies with conceptual syntheses, and attempts to move from critique to concrete recommendations for scholarship and practice. The volume seeks to foster a more nuanced and responsible engagement with local communities and the natural world among NRM scholars and practitioners.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Each chapter offers insight into the challenges associated with agricultural research and NRM, and emphasizes the limitations of a narrow or fragmented approach. … the volume is intended to promote an interdisciplinary approach among scientists and development practitioners. … the chapters are well-written and their arguments should be considered by anyone who is interested in agriculture, NRM, and international development.” (Rachel Hestrin, Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. (30), 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond the Biophysical
Book Subtitle: Knowledge, Culture, and Power in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
Editors: Laura A. German, Joshua J. Ramisch, Ritu Verma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8826-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8825-3Published: 19 June 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8421-4Published: 19 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8826-0Published: 10 June 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 301
Topics: Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Agriculture, Anthropology, Sociology, general, Human Geography