Sociopolitical Ecology: Human Systems and Ecological Fields

Sociopolitical Ecology introduces the concept of ‘ecological field' to replace that of ‘ecosystem' and extends the boundaries of self-referential systems to a new, more complex level of analysis. Ecological field refers to an overarching system that contains many self-referential (or autopoietic) systems that interact in a common space, with human beings placed squarely in the middle of all natural ecological networks. The focus of this fascinating study is the interlocking pattern of relat...