Political ecology of African peace parks / Maano Ramutsindela.
| Author/creator | Ramutsindela, Maano author |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge contemporary Africa Routledge contemporary Africa series http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/8e6eb2ad-e52c-c048-4574-2db1b9c04f9f ^A1388464 |
| Contents | Storytelling, ideology, and science in 'African' peace parks -- Peace parks : a setting for political ecological inquiry -- The colonial foundation of peace parks -- The uneven geography of peace parks in Africa -- The institutionalisation of peace parks in southern Africa -- Toponymy and the politics of land in TFCA spaces -- The elusive peace : inter-state tensions in peace parks spaces. |
| Abstract | "Peace parks are imagined landscapes and seascapes created through narratives and science. This book uses a political ecology framework to explore the colonial and uneven geography of peace parks in post-independence Africa. It illuminates the regional milieus impacting these parks and the consequent socioecological and political dynamics. This book curate a space for multiple voices and knowledges of peace parks and highlights the limit to truth claims. It presents peace parks as a milieu that enables the assemblage of underexamined concepts in political ecology. The book advances four arguments. The first is that critical scholarship on the peace parks initiative in Africa and elsewhere has been crowded out by a dominant and well-sponsored narrative of these parks. Second, the ideology of peace parks capitalises on societal aspirations and challenges to wage the 'war of the mind'. Third, peace parks are a geographical expression of coloniality. The fourth argument is that the regional dynamics account for the uneven geography of peace parks in Africa. These dynamics reveal the symbiotic relations between politics and ecology. The founding of peace parks animates resource politics but also depoliticises the resource question. Situated in the ongoing debates on protecting the planet in an unequal world and the pathways for a just society, this book will be of interest to researchers of African studies, political ecology, human geography, sociology, environmental studies, and political science"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "Routledge Focus" -- from cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Ramutsindela, Maano Political ecology of African peace parks New York : Routledge, 2026 9781351122795 |
| LCCN | 2025040712 |
| ISBN | 9780815358299 |
| ISBN | 0815358296 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781041206781 paperback |
| ISBN | 104120678X paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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