Discussion of Global Political Ecology, eds. Peet, Robbins & Watts (2011)
- đ¤ Speaker: Reading and Discussion session
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 23 October 2012, 13:00 - 14:00
- đ Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Geography
Abstract
We will be discussing the introductory chapter ‘Global nature’ which ‘introduces the readers to political ecology and summarizes the book’s main findings’ on topics to do with current social and environmental crises.
The topic covered in the book’s seven sections span a wide range, including war and the disaster state; capitalism and energy consumption; global governance of health, body and genomics;global food; capitalism’s effluents; water; the green economy; global climate and carbon emissions.
Series This talk is part of the Political Ecology Group meetings series.
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Reading and Discussion session
Tuesday 23 October 2012, 13:00-14:00