{"product_id":"the-ecolaboratory-environmental-governance-and-economic-development-in-costa-rica-paperback-softback-9780816553242","title":"The Ecolaboratory; Environmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816553242","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ecolaboratory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnvironmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Fletcher (Edited by), Brian Dowd-Uribe (Edited by), Guntra A. Aistara (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816553242\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 4 maps, 16 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe collection will appeal to scholars of environmental studies, Latin American studies, and environmental governance. In particular, many of the chapters here will serve as apt tools in the classroom to introduce political ecology to undergraduates.\" - Rocio Gomez, Virginia Commonwealth University, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental History 26\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines under a shared analytical umbrella of political ecology, this collection of case studies fractures the narrative of Costa Rican environmental exceptionalism, while also providing important lessons on environmental policy, governance, and sustainability that can be applied elsewhere.\" - Keri Brondo, author of \u003ci\u003eLand Grab: Green Neoliberalism, Gender, and Garifuna Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDespite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. From protected area management to ecotourism to payment for environmental services (PES) and beyond, for the past half-century the country has successfully positioned itself at the forefront of novel trends in environmental governance and sustainable development. Yet the increasingly urgent dilemma of how to achieve equitable economic development in a world of ecosystem decline and climate change presents new challenges, testing Costa Rica’s ability to remain a leader in innovative environmental governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book explores these challenges, how Costa Rica is responding to them, and the lessons this holds for current and future trends regarding environmental governance and sustainable development. It provides the first comprehensive assessment of successes and challenges as they play out in a variety of sectors, including agricultural development, biodiversity conservation, water management, resource extraction, and climate change policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By framing Costa Rica as an “ecolaboratory,” the contributors in this volume examine the lessons learned and offer a path for the future of sustainable development research and policy in Central America and beyond.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Negotiating Environmental Governance and Economic Development in the Green Republic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Fletcher, Guntra A. Aistara, and Brian Dowd-Uribe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART I. GOVERNING THE AGRARIAN ECONOMY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Costa Rican Agrifood System, 1961–\u003cbr\u003e2014: Assessing Neoliberalism’\u003cbr\u003es Impacts on Agriculture and Diets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRyan E. Galt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Agrarian Questions, Neoliberalism, and the Persistence of the Costa Rican Coffee Peasantry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicholas Babin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Costa Rica’\u003cbr\u003es Farmers’\u003cbr\u003e Market Program: Aiding Farmer Livelihoods and Urban Food Security?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Dowd-Uribe and Erin Raser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Gender and Climate Change in Smallholder Family Farms of Tierra Blanca, Cartago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarolina Castillo EcheverrÍ\u003cbr\u003ea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Understanding the Impact of Costa Rica’\u003cbr\u003es Protectionist Rice Economy on Smallholder Farmers in Semi-arid Northwest Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenjamin P. Warner and Christopher P. Kuzdas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Seeding Organic Sovereignties in the Face of Free Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuntra A. Aistara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART II. CONTESTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Paying for PES: Taxes, Tariffs, and the World Bank in Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrett S. Matulis and Robert Fletcher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Costa Rica’\u003cbr\u003es Forest Transition Revisited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJan Breitling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid M. Hoffman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. An Ecolaboratory for Climate Politics? Costa Rica’\u003cbr\u003es 2007 Carbon-Neutral Pledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJulia A. Flagg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Bonds, Bridges, and Links to Development in Osa and Golfito, Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarter A. Hunt, William H. Durham, and Claire M. Menke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Waves of Development: Surf Tourism on Trial in Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTara Ruttenberg and J. Peter Brosius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Ecotourism-as- Conservation: Exploring the Decline of Leatherback Sea Turtles in Playa Grande, Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmily Benton Hite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART III. NEGOTIATING RESOURCE CONFLICTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. REDD+, Social Inclusion, and Indigenous Peoples in Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlonso RamÍ\u003cbr\u003erez Cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Peace Parks: Nation Branding and Soft Power in Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKarina Barquet and Ida Andersson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Of Dams and Development: Debating “\u003cbr\u003eGreen”\u003cbr\u003e Energy Production in Costa Rica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Fletcher and Jernej Frece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Conflict and Cooperation in Costa Rica’\u003cbr\u003es Water Sector: Lessons for Water Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristopher P. Kuzdas and Benjamin P. Warner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. The Mining Ban Movement and the Role of Democratization in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLynn Holland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Limits to Exceptionalism and Lessons from the Laboratory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuntra A. Aistara, Robert Fletcher, and Brian Dowd-Uribe\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739505324312,"sku":"9780816553242","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ecolaboratory-environmental-governance-and-economic-development-in-costa-rica-paperback-softback-9780816553242","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}