Beyond the biophysical : knowledge, culture, and politics in agriculture and natural resource management / edited by Laura German, Joshua J. Ramisch, Ritu Verma
Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART 1: Beyond Biophysical Assumptions -- PART 2: Power Dynamics at the "Development Interface" -- PART 3: Institutional Disjunctures and Innovations -- Index
Summary
"Beyond the Biophysical" provides a broad overview of agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) scholarship and practice that lies beyond the biophysical, emphasizing instead epistemological, cultural, and political foundations of NRM. The volume is oriented toward professionals with expertise in agriculture and natural resource management scholarship and practice, but who lack exposure to the conceptual and methodological underpinnings of critical theory, the anthropology of development, ecological anthropology, and other relevant scholarship. It therefore follows common sta