Islam, Md Saidul,

Development, power, and the environment : neoliberal paradox in the age of vulnerability / Md Saidul Islam. - First Edition. - New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. - 261 p.: ill. - Routledge studies in development and society ; 34 .

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Concepts and theories -- Challenges of our time : environmental and social vulnerabilities : with Quek Ri An -- Understanding power in social organization -- Paradigms of development and their power dynamics -- Theorizing nature-society relationships -- Neoliberal paradox : connection through disconnection -- Case studies -- Development dynamics in the global south : from colonization to globalization -- Green revolution : transformation, optimism and reality -- Food and power : the mirage of the food aid regime -- Climate politics : power and development in mortgaging the planet -- Tipaimukh dam : triumph of development over the environment and popular voice -- Labelling tribal : state-power in forming and transforming identities -- A neoliberal knowledge/power/security regime after 9/11 : the case of "Muslim patient" -- Sustainable earth amid vulnerabilities -- Third world vulnerabilities : towards a double risk society -- Towards a sustainable earth? -- Notes -- References -- Index. HKBU library

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Economic development.
Power (Social sciences)
Global environmental change.

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