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Development, Power, and the Environment: Neoliberal Paradox in the Age of Vulnerability book cover

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Development, Power, and the Environment Neoliberal Paradox in the Age of Vulnerability

By Md Saidul Islam Copyright 2013
280 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security vulnerability, the book offers a new framework of a "double-risk" society for the Global South. With... Read more

Part I: Concepts and Theories  1. Challenges of Our Time: Environmental and Social Vulnerabilities  with Quek Ri An  2. Understanding Power in Social Organization  3. Paradigms of Development and Their Power Dynamics  4. Theorizing Nature-Society Relationships  5. Neoliberal Paradox: Connection Through Disconnection  Part II: Case Studies  6. Development Dynamics in the Global South: From Colonization to Globalization  7. Green Revolution: Transformation, Optimism and Reality  8. Food and Power: The Mirage of the Food Aid Regime  9. Climate Politics: Power and Development in Mortgaging the Planet  10. Tipaimukh Dam: Triumph of Development over the Environment and Popular Voice  11. Labelling Tribal: State-Power in Forming and Transforming Identities  12. A Neoliberal Knowledge/Power/Security Regime After 9/11: The Case of “Muslim Patient”  Part III: Sustainable Earth Amid Vulnerabilities  13. Third World Vulnerabilities: Towards a Double Risk Society  14. Towards a Sustainable Earth?

Biography

Md Saidul Islam is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University.

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