Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics

Winner of the 2018 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology

Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http: //www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nature/

• Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising
• Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan
• Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to 'enterprise nature'
• Investigates the implications of this 'will to enterprise' for environmental politics and policy

Author: Jessica Dempsey
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 08/29/2016
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781118640555

About the Author

JESSICA DEMPSEY is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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