Ebook: Enterprising nature : economics, markets and finance in global biodiversity politics
Author: Dempsey Jessica
- Tags: Environmental economics, Environmental policy, Economic aspects, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Real Estate, General
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Language: English
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Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. -Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising -Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research inRead more...
Abstract: Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. -Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising -Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan -Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to 'enterprise nature' -Investigates the implications of this 'will to enterprise' for environmental politics and policy