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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David M. StandleaPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780791466315ISBN 10: 0791466310 Pages: 227 Publication Date: 01 January 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback 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 ContentsAcknowledgments Part One: Oil and the Corporate State 1. Globalism, Oil, and the Power Elites 2. Background to Battle: The Thirty Years' War 3. The Oil Companies: Legacies of Global Power 4. The Corporate State 5. The Culture of Corporate Spin Part Two: Sustainability and Justice 6. The Environmentalists: Visions Under Siege 7. The Gwich'in: A Fight to the End 8. The Religious Community: Philosophers of ANWR 9. Prophets vs. Profits: Future Scenarios and Outcomes Notes Bibliography IndexReviews""Standlea, a political ecologist, provides good insight into the tactics and organization of environmental movements combating what he calls ‘elitist corporate-political power,’ and he clearly reveals his strong opposition to any ANWR oil operations … it is well written, lively, and carefully prepared and offers a useful micro study of an important issue."" — CHOICE ""Extremely relevant and timely, this book not only addresses a central concern in the field—environmental politics—but also represents an important attempt to illuminate the ideological dynamics of our time. This is an outstanding contribution to the emerging field of global studies."" — Manfred B. Steger, author of Globalism: The New Market Ideology ""This book makes a major contribution to one of the great moral and political debates of our time, highlighting aspects that are not well known or appreciated in more general accounts available in the mass media. Especially significant is its treatment of both aboriginal rights and the role of churches in connecting those rights to more global concerns regarding the environment. In short, Standlea shows how the symbiotic relationship of the Gwich’in to their ecosystem is clearly a lens through which we can see and understand the physical, psychological, and spiritual stakes of our environmental crisis. I am certain that many will find this work challenging—that is good; it is time to be challenged."" — Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska This book makes a major contribution to one of the great moral and political debates of our time, highlighting aspects that are not well known or appreciated in more general accounts available in the mass media. Especially significant is its treatment of both aboriginal rights and the role of churches in connecting those rights to more global concerns regarding the environment. In short, Standlea shows how the symbiotic relationship of the Gwich'in to their ecosystem is clearly a lens through which we can see and understand the physical, psychological, and spiritual stakes of our environmental crisis. I am certain that many will find this work challenging--that is good; it is time to be challenged. Author InformationDavid M. Standlea is an independent scholar who received his Ph.D. in Political Science/Political Ecology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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