The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Global Ecopolitics, Development, and Democracy

Luiz C. Barbosa (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2000
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-1522-8 (ISBN)

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This provocative book documents how national and global politics intersected to bring about changes in Brazil's environmental preservation laws. Luiz Barbosa argues that global forces coupled with two decades of military rule in Brazil led to policies that promoted deforestation for the sake of development, ultimately having devastating consequences for Amazônia's ecosystem and its native populations. By the mid-1980s, changes in global ecopolitics and the onset of democracy in Brazil paved the way for new environmental preservation laws. Barbosa's study is unique in showing the impact of global processes on third-world environmental degradation and in its claim that democracy can facilitate preservation. The latter point is further emphasized in a comparative chapter in which Barbosa demonstrates the importance of democracy for environmental preservation in Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Sociologists and anthropologists interested in issues surrounding economic development as well as environmental activists will find much to their liking in this work.

Luiz C. Barbosa is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Francisco State University.

chapter 1 Introduction
chapter 2 Historical Links: Amazônia Before the Mid-1980's
chapter 3 From Ranches to Pyramids: The Changing Nature of Projects in Amazônia
chapter 4 Changes in Global Ecopolitics
chapter 5 From Environmental Imperialism to Neo-Liberalism
chapter 6 The People of the Forest Against International Capitalism
chapter 7 Comparisons With Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Indonesia
chapter 8 Bibliography
chapter 9 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.3.2000
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 223 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-7618-1522-8 / 0761815228
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-1522-8 / 9780761815228
Zustand	Neuware