Understanding environmental policy processes : cases from Africa /
A critical analysis of the "post-Rio consensus" on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change "stick" with such tenacity. In exploring this, t...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2003.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108861 |
| Summary: | A critical analysis of the "post-Rio consensus" on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change "stick" with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking, looking particularly at Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive, participatory forms of policymaking |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849773621 1849773629 1280475951 9781280475955 1417542721 9781417542727 9781136549670 1136549676 9781136549717 1136549714 1853839752 9781853839757 1853839809 9781853839801 |