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Confronting EEnvironments—

Local uunderstanding iin aa gglobalizing wworld

Edited bby JJames CCarrier, AAlta MMira PPress,

Walnut CCreek ((California, UUSA), 22004.

TThe contributors, including

CEESP member Ken MacDonald,

tackle the complex factors affecting

people’s understandings of their

environment-not just the natural

environment, but landscapes

shaped by humans, and their social

contexts. The authors consider the

impact of local events, such as

tourism or environmental protec-

tion regimes, with detailed analy-

ses of local cases. They also evalu-

ate the large-scale political-eco-

nomic forces that operate at

regional and global levels, such as

policies and bureaucratic require-

ments of international agencies

and a country’s position in global

commodity markets. Their

approach encourages policy makers

and researchers to think about

their natural and non-natural envi-

ronment in novel ways. This book

will be an excellent resource for all

concerned with social, cultural and

political-economic aspects of envi-

ronmental use and conservation,

and researchers in anthropology, geography, and political ecology.

James G. Carrieris Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Indiana and Honorary

Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University. Ken

MacDonald([email protected]) is a member of CEESP/CMWG.