Development's Displacements: Economies, Ecologies, and Cultures at Risk (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780774812054)

As multilateral agencies, social movements, and state authorities worldwide struggle to cope with the effects of large-scale development projects, the problem of displacement remains unresolved. This volume seeks to address displacement as a broad and multilayered phenomenon. A series of illustrative case studies drawn from around the globe provide causal accounts of why and how displacement occurs, what its effects on communities, ecosystems, and economies look like, and the normative or ethical positions held by key actors involved. Contributors offer economic, political, and cultural analyses, as well as extensive ethnographic field research, to present a picture of displacement that illustrates the depth and the breadth of the issue.

Author: Peter Vandergeest
ISBN-10: 0774812052
ISBN-13: 9780774812054
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2006
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.11w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 117