Forest and Nature Governance: A Practice Based Approach (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789400751125)

Today, problems such as deforestation, biodiversity loss and illegal logging have provoked various policy responses that are often referred to as forest and nature governance. In its broadest interpretation, governance is about the many ways in which public and private actors from the state, market and/or civil society govern public issues at multiple scales. This book takes a fresh perspective on the study of forest and nature governance. Departing from 'practice theory', and building upon scholars like Giddens, Bourdieu, Reckwitz, Schatzki and Callon, it seeks to move beyond established understandings of institutions, actors, and knowledge. In so doing, it not only presents an innovative conceptual and methodological framework for a practice based approach, but also rich case studies and ethnographies. Finally, this book is about how actors involved in governance talk about and work with trees, forests, biodiversity, wildlife, and so on, while acting upon forest policies, environmental discourses, codes of conduct, or scientific insights.

Author: Bas Arts
ISBN-10: 9400751125
ISBN-13: 9789400751125
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2012
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2013