Description: Who Speaks for Nature? : Indigenous Movements, Public Opinion, and the Petro-state in Ecuador, Hardcover by Eisenstadt, Todd A.; West, Karleen Jones, ISBN 0190908955, ISBN-13 9780190908959, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 2009, Ecuador became the first nation ever to enshrine rights for nature in its constitution. Nature was accorded inalienable rights, and every citizen was granted standing to defend those rights. At the same time, the government advanced a policy of "extractive populism," buying public
support for mineral mining by promising that funds from the mining would be used to increase public services.
This book, based on a nationwide survey and interviews about environmental attitudes among citizens as well as indigenous, environmental, government, academic, and civil society leaders in Ecuador, offers a theory about when and why individuals will speak for nature, particularly when economic
interests are at stake. Parting from conventional social science arguments that political attitudes are determined by ethnicity or social class, the authors argue that environmental dispositions in developing countries are shaped by personal experiences of vulnerability to environmental degradation.
Abstract appeals to identity politics, on the other hand, are less effective. Ultimately, this book argues that indigenous groups should be the stewards of nature, but that they must do so by appealing to the concrete, everyday vulnerabilities they face, rather than by turning to the more abstract
appeals of ethnic-based movements.
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Book Title: Who Speaks for Nature? : Indigenous Movements, Public Opinion, an
Number of Pages: 275 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Who Speaks for Nature? : Indigenous Movements, Public Opinion, and the Petro-State in Ecuador
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Indigenous Studies, General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Petroleum
Item Height: 1.2 in
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Nature, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
Author: Todd A. Eisenstadt, Karleen Jones West
Item Length: 6.5 in
Item Width: 9.3 in
Series: Studies Comparative Energy and Environ Ser.
Format: Hardcover
