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Author:   Allan K. Fitzsimmons
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780847694228

ISBN 10:   0847694224
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   05 August 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This book should be required reading for all ecologists as an example of how they have failed to send any coherent message to politicians, economists, and the general public relative to ecosystem concept.--Smith, R. L. Choice

This book should be required reading for all ecologists as an example of how they have failed to send any coherent message to politicians, economists, and the general public relative to ecosystem concept. -- R. L. Smith CHOICE Fitzsimmons argues persuasively that nature in this sense, above the level of the organism, possesses neither organizing principles nor emergent qualities that biologists can study. Fitzsimmons makes a compelling case that this emperor has no clothes; that the popular notion of ecosystem management merely encloses a puzzle within an enigma within a mystery. This well-argued and meticulously footnoted critique makes the case against ecosystem management without proposing a different science as a basis for policy. Fitzsimmons persuasively reveals the intellectual dishonesty that uses fictions about nature to lend scientific credibility to what are essentially cultural, religious, or moral norms. -- Mark Sagoff Journal Of The National Academy Of Sciences The author examines the science, philosophy, and law of ecosystems management. Defending Illusions is an eye-opener about the basis for many commonly held views regarding ecosystems. It is thoroughly footnoted ... even for those with a different viewpoint, it is a book worth reading on this topic. Natural Resources and Environment

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Allan K. Fitzsimmons is currently the president of Balanced Resource Solutions, as well as adjunct scholar, Political Economy Research Center (PERC)

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