Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa

Paperback

Main Details

Title Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Keeley
By (author) Ian Scoones
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreEnvironmentalist thought and ideology
Management of land and natural resources
Conservation of the environment
ISBN/Barcode 9781853839757
ClassificationsDewey:333.717096
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Bibliography, index

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Earthscan Ltd
Publication Date 28 March 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change stick with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking, looking particularly at Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive, participatory forms of policymaking.

Author Biography

James Keeley is a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex. Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at IDS, editor of Dynamics and Diversity (2001) and co-editor of Sustaining the Soil (1996).

Reviews

'It makes a good case study of the environmental policy-making process on the international stage and at the national level' Duncan Knowler, Policy Sci 2007