John H. Bodley

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

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Produktbeschreibung

Bodley trenchantly critiques the most pressing global mega-problems, such as unsustainable growth, resource depletion, global warming, and poverty and conflict, and shows how anthropology makes it possible to find solutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Sixth Edition
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9780759121584
• ISBN-10: 0759121583
• Artikelnr.: 35056267

Autorenporträt

John H. Bodley is Regents Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington State University.  He is the author of Cultural Anthropology, 5th edition (AltaMira Press, 2011), and Victims of Progress, 5th edition (AltaMira Press, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1
Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems Nature and
Scope of the Problems World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, 1992 UN
Millennium Goals Crisis Awareness and Response Significance of Culture
Scale Uniqueness of Tribal Societies and Cultures "Original Affluent
Society" Elite-Directed Growth: The Human Problem Distribution of Wealth
and Power The World's Elite-Directors: View from the Top Elite-Direction
and the Global Media: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Too Big and
Failing: Elite-Direction and the Global Financial Crisis Chapter 2 Scale,
Adaptation, and the Environmental Crisis Cultural Transmission and
Maladaptation Scale and Cultural Evolution Cultural Evolution and
Adaptation Nature and Scope of the Environmental Crisis Biodiversity and
the Death of the Tropical Rain Forests Ecocide, Soviet Style Environmental
Crisis and Cultural Change Beyond "The Limits to Growth" Environmental
Commissions: Global 2000 and Our Common Future Roots of the Environmental
Crisis Capitalism and Ideological Roots Unregulated Self-Interest and the
Tragedy of the Commons Land Degradation in the Mediterranean Region
Planetary Boundaries: Beyond the Earth's Limits in the Anthropocene
Extinctions and Biodiversity: Human Nature or Culture Scale Crisis? Tribal
and Small-Scale Domestic Economies Wealth in Tribal and Commercial Worlds
Biological Potential and Cultural Demand in the Pacific Northwest
Sociocultural Scale and the Environment Ecological Footprints Chapter 3
Natural Resources and the Culture of Consumption Energy and Culture: Basic
Considerations Elite-Directors of the Energy Sector: The Power and
Influence of Big Oil Capitalism and the Culture of Consumption History of
Capitalism European Origins of Capitalism Culture of Overconsumption
Resource Consumption in America Taking Stock America's Forests as Resources
Economics of Resource Depletion Sustainable Development and the
Steady-State Economy Consumption Culture's Environmental Cost: Western Coal
Elite Decision Makers and the Consumption Culture Chapter 4 Malnutrition
and the Evolution of Food Systems Malthusian Dilemma Evolution of Food
Systems Foraging and Subsistence Security Shift to Farms and Gardens
Domestic Mode of Food Production Technological Advances in Food Production
Politically Directed Food Systems Commercialization of Grain: England,
1500-1700 Famine in the Modern World Global Malnutrition Persistence of
Food Insecurity Global Food Price Crisis of 2007-2008: Hunger and Land
Grabs Food Overconsumption Political Economy of Hunger: Bangladesh Chapter
5 Commercial Factory-Food Systems Factory-Food Production Factory Potatoes
versus Swidden Sweet Potatoes Commercialization of the American Food
System, 1850-1890 Social Costs of the Food-Production System Energy Costs
of the Distribution System Food Marketing Food Quality and Market Scale
Factory-Processed Potato Chips versus Manioc Cakes Fishing, Global Trade,
and "Ghost Acres" Limits of Food Production Food Chain Clusters: ABCD Four
and the Great Turkey Recall Chapter 6 Population Problem Maximum Global
Population Estimates Great Waves of Population Growth Population Pressure,
Carrying Capacity, and Optimum Population Population Control among Foragers
Population Equilibrium in Aboriginal Australia Neolithic Population
Explosion Population Control among Tribal Village Farmers Island Population
Problems Case of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) "Collapse" State Intervention and
Population-Control Mechanisms Policy Implications Chapter 7 Poverty and
Conflict Violence and Insecurity in America Social Order in the Tribal
World Importance of Social Equality Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Leadership Internal Order in Politically Centralized Societies
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on War Scale of War and Violence in the
Imperial and Commercial Worlds Fiscal-Military State and
Military-Industrial Complexes Deadly Arsenals: The Nuclear Weapons Threat
Failing States and Social Disorder Roots of the Security Crisis: Culture,
Overpopulation, or Inequality? Financialization Process and the Debt Crisis
Export Sugar, Starvation, and Infant Mortality in Brazil State Terrorism
and Investment Risk in Guatemala Opulence and Deindustrialization in
America Los Angeles's Informal Economy: The Costs of American Poverty and
Homelessness Chapter 8 The Future Dilemma of Scale Imagining the Global
Future Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on
Emissions Scenarios American Intelligence Community Futures Global Trends
2025: An American View of a Transformed World Shell Oil's Perspective on
the Future Shell Oil's 2050 Scenario: Emissions-Trading Blueprints Zero
Carbon Britain 2030 Bolivia: A Plurinational Communitary State Solving
Human Problems Sustainable Global Futures TERRA-2000 and Information
Society UN Global Environment Outlook 3 Global Futures The Great Transition
Initiative Transforming the Corporation Mondragón Cooperatives Bhutan's
Middle Path Toward a Sustainable Planetary Society Scaling Down: The Small
Nations Alternative The United States, Happy Planets, and Billionaires
Transforming America Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author