Development, power, and the environment neoliberal paradox in the age of vulnerability / Md Saidul Islam.

Author/creator Islam, Md Saidul
Format Electronic
EditionFirst Edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.
Descriptionxvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in development and society ; 34
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Concepts and theories -- Challenges of our time : environmental and social vulnerabilities : with Quek Ri An -- Understanding power in social organization -- Paradigms of development and their power dynamics -- Theorizing nature-society relationships -- Neoliberal paradox : connection through disconnection -- Case studies -- Development dynamics in the global south : from colonization to globalization -- Green revolution : transformation, optimism and reality -- Food and power : the mirage of the food aid regime -- Climate politics : power and development in mortgaging the planet -- Tipaimukh dam : triumph of development over the environment and popular voice -- Labelling tribal : state-power in forming and transforming identities -- A neoliberal knowledge/power/security regime after 9/11 : the case of "Muslim patient" -- Sustainable earth amid vulnerabilities -- Third world vulnerabilities : towards a double risk society -- Towards a sustainable earth? -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012051047
ISBN9780415540025 (hbk)

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