Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics

by Jessica Dempsey

Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http: //www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nat...


Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising
Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to 'enterprise nature' Investigates the implications of this 'will to enterprise' for environmental politics and policy

Genres: Politics, Economics

318 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2014

Reviews

[Sofia Tjia]

another read for political ecology. i think this book was written pretty well but i don't know if i agree with its arguments. so against enterprising nature (took me awhile to realize that she was too), but i also dont know if her conclusion rlly gives a great resolve to all the problems she brings up in the book.

[Ebiamary]

This book is incredibly readable, even for those with no background in economics or biodiversity-related disciplines.

[Anni]

I would have been more interested in the actual anatomy of the financial products/projects named in the book than the intergovermental struggle around them...

[Olivia]

Political Ecology class.