Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction

This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts, central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of political ecology.

• Explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory challenges facing the sub-discipline
• Provides the first full history of the development of political ecology over the last century and its theoretical underpinnings
• Considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the future
• Study boxes introduce key figures in the development of the discipline and summarize their most important works
• Fully updated to include recent events, such as the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural examples, from the developed and underdeveloped world

Paul Robbins is Professor and Director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. He is the author of numerous publications including World Regions in a Global Context: People, Places, and Environments (with S. Marston, P.Knox, D. Liverman and V. Del Casino, 2010), Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction (with J. Hintz and S. Moore, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and Global Political Ecology (co-edited with R. Peet and M. Watts, 2011).