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OverviewThis book is the first of its kind to explore the intricate relationship between liberation movements and environmental struggles in contemporary Africa. It is premised on the question why some movements are called 'environmental' and others 'liberation'. What socioeconomic and political circumstances lead to the making or dissipation of such distinctions? Common among African liberation movements is the promise to offer alternative political order and livlelihood possibilities. The prominence of the environment (land, water, forests, oil, minerals, etc.) in the political objectives of most African liberation movements leads Salih to argue that in Africa - as well, probably, as in other developing countries - the distinction between environmental and liberation struggles is apparently superfluous. Liberation, in this broader perspective, therefore offers and all-encompassing emancipatory political potential that transcends the environment to include the laudable quest to transform the state and the authoritarian institutions of government that sustain it. The book also explains the role of local/international NGO partnerships with African liberation movements in extending humanitarian as well as advocacy support to the victims of state oppression. Full Product DetailsAuthor: M.A. SalihPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999 Volume: 18 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048151967ISBN 10: 9048151961 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 05 December 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Land Alienation and Environmental Insecurity.- 3 Displacement by Authoritarian Development.- 4 Nuba and Ogoni: Genocide in a Shrinking Environmental Space.- 5 Hadendowa and Fulani: ‘Resourcing’ Identity Politics.- 6 Oromo and Dinka: Conflating Environmental and Liberation Struggle.- 7 REST: Post-war Reconstruction and Environmental Rehabilitation.- 8 NGOs, Environment and Liberation: The Global-Local Nexus.- 9 Conclusion.Reviews`The book is well worth reading as it offers a surprising insight in two fields of political struggles that were long treated as separate issues. For geographers it shows promising vistas of the combination of political geography and environmental geography, embedded in the social sciences in general.' Tijdschrift voor Econimsche en Sociale Geographie, 91:3 (2000) 'The book is well worth reading as it offers a surprising insight in two fields of political struggles that were long treated as separate issues. For geographers it shows promising vistas of the combination of political geography and environmental geography, embedded in the social sciences in general.' Tijdschrift voor Econimsche en Sociale Geographie, 91:3 (2000) `The book is well worth reading as it offers a surprising insight in two fields of political struggles that were long treated as separate issues. For geographers it shows promising vistas of the combination of political geography and environmental geography, embedded in the social sciences in general.' Tijdschrift voor Econimsche en Sociale Geographie, 91:3 (2000) 'The book is well worth reading as it offers a surprising insight in two fields of political struggles that were long treated as separate issues. For geographers it shows promising vistas of the combination of political geography and environmental geography, embedded in the social sciences in general.' Tijdschrift voor Econimsche en Sociale Geographie, 91:3 (2000) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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