Clark C. Gibson

Politicians and Poachers

The Political Economy of Wildlife Policy in Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The politics of wildlife conservation policy in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521663786
• ISBN-10: 0521663784
• Artikelnr.: 21785279

Inhaltsangabe

1. Politics, institutions, and animals: explaining content, continuity, and
change of African wildlife policy; 2. Unkept promises and party largesse:
the politics of wildlife in the independence period; 3. The political logic
of poaching in one-party states; 4. The conservationists strike back:
'community-based' wildlife policy and the politics of structural choice,
1983-91; 5. The consequences of institutional design: the impact of
'community-based' wildlife management programs at the local level; 6.
Conclusion: the political economy of wildlife policy in Africa.