Political Ecology

This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts, central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology.Explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges facing the sub-disciplineProvides the first full history of the development of political ecology over the last century and its theoretical underpinningsConsiders the major challenges facing the field now and for the futureStudy boxes introduce key figures in the development of the discipline and summarize their most important worksFully updated to include recent events, such as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural examples, from the developed and underdeveloped world