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Global political ecology the world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. This landmark volume canvasses key developments, topics, iss. It begins with an introductory chapter that introduces the readers to political ecology and summarizes the books main findings. In this book a distinguished group of environmental experts argues that in order to solve global environmental problems, we must view them in a broad interdisciplinary perspective that recognizes the relationsthe interconnected circleamong ecology, economics, and ethics. Political, economic, social, and cultural forces affect, and are affected by, ecological and environmental trends.
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