Table of Contents

PART I. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT1. Sustainable Development and the Crisis of Nature: On the Political Anatomy of an Oxymoron, Wolfgang Sachs2. The North as/and the Other: Ecology, Domination, Solidarity, Yrjo Haila3. Nature in Spiritual Traditions: Social and Cultural Implications for Environmental Change, Carolyn EgriPART II. DISCOURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND EXPERTISE4 Engineering the Environment: The Politics of Nature Development, Josef Keulartz.5. Eco-managerialism: Environmental Studies as a Power/Knowledge Formation, Timothy Luke6. Mapping Complex Socio-Natural Relationships: Cases from Mexico and Africa, Peter Taylor7. Security and Solidarity: Toward an Anti-Reductionist Framework for the Analysis of Environmental Policy, Michael ThompsonPART III. ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCE8. The Environment of Justice, David Harvey9. Images of Place in Green Politics: The Cultural Mirror of Indigenous Traditions, Douglas Torgerson10. Partnership Ethics and Cultural Discourse: Women and the Earth Summit, Carolyn Merchant