The 2008 outcry over the "global land grab" made headlines around the world, and has led to sustained interest among both academics and the international develo
An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabi
Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed men
Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors interven
Based on three years of ethnographic research in the Yukon, this book examines contemporary efforts to restructure the relationship between aboriginal peoples a