TY - BOOK ID - 8209288 TI - Beyond the biophysical : knowledge, culture, and power in agriculture and natural resource management AU - German, Laura A. AU - Ramisch, Joshua. AU - Verma, Ritu. PY - 2010 SN - 9048188253 9048188261 9786612926143 9401784213 1282926144 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture and state. KW - Natural resources -- Management. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Natural resources KW - Environmental Sciences KW - Agriculture - General KW - Economic History KW - Business & Economics KW - Agriculture KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Management KW - Management. KW - National resources KW - Resources, Natural KW - Resource management (Natural resources) KW - Resources management (Natural resources) KW - Economic aspects KW - Environment. KW - Agriculture. KW - Environmental management. KW - Anthropology. KW - Sociology. KW - Human geography. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Human Geography. KW - Resource-based communities KW - Resource curse KW - Human beings KW - Anthropo-geography KW - Anthropogeography KW - Geographical distribution of humans KW - Social geography KW - Anthropology KW - Geography KW - Human ecology KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Environmental aspects KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Primitive societies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8209288 AB - Beyond the Biophysical argues for an interdisciplinary perspective on agriculture, natural resource management (NRM), and international development practice that extends beyond a purely biophysical orientation. Biophysical interventions succeed or fail not simply on their own merits but within a context shaped by knowledge, culture, and power. The original case studies and conceptual syntheses (from Africa, Asia, and Latin America) analyze some of the challenges and “misadventures” associated with past and current development approaches and practice. They apply contemporary, critical social science to make sense of these realities and offer concrete recommendations for moving beyond them. With them, we hope to make social science theory, the challenges faced by socio-cultural scientists working in arenas dominated by other disciplines, and the potentially unique contributions of social science to agriculture and natural resource management more accessible to biophysical scientists, development practitioners, and those exploring the socio-cultural sciences as a possible career path. The book is broken into four main sections: (1) an introduction to concepts and the volume; (2) a series of chapters designed to foster a rethinking of common concepts and assumptions in agricultural development and natural resource management; (3) a set of case studies and conceptual overviews on the interface of knowledge, culture, and politics; and (4) a set of chapters on institutional disconnects and innovations to expand institutionalized thinking and practice. ER -