Ecology and Power: Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future

This book assembles a host of front-line insights on the role of power and inequalities in shaping patterns of land use and resource management. Most of the contributions are informed by the notion of political ecology , recognizing that human relations to the environment and human social relations are not separate phenomena but inextricably intertwined.The volume is unique is that it sets this approach in a trans-disciplinary, global and historical framework; the contributors represent a spectrum of academic disciplines including anthropology, sociology, geography, economics, economic history, historical archaeology, human ecology, development studies, and sustainability science.