Grassroots Struggles for Sustainability in Central America

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ISBN: 9780870818721 | 0870818724
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/30/2007

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This study explores grassroots assumptions, values, and practices of sustainable development in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama and contrasts them to the discourse of sustainability espoused by international financial institutions.

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List of Figures, Tables, and Maps	p. vii
List of Acronyms	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Contested Visions of Sustainability	p. 1
Poverty and Forests: Development and (Dis)empowerment in Central America	p. 19
"All The Land Belongs to the Foreigners": Ecotourism and Sustainability	p. 41
"Nature That Gives Them Life": Grassroots Sustainability on the Osa Peninsula	p. 51
"Right Behind Him Are the Campesinos with Axes": Developing the Estero Real	p. 69
"He Has Been Taught Not to Be Afraid": Grassroots Sustainability in Miraflores	p. 79
"Before, There Were Only Kunas": The Struggle for the Comarca	p. 97
"There Are No Poor People Here": Grassroots Sustainability in Ipeti	p. 109
Bringing the Case Studies Together	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 145
Appendix	p. 157
Notes	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 211
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Grassroots Struggles for Sustainability in Central America

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