Paul Robbins is the dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where he guides the institute in serving as a world leader in addressing rapid global environmental change. With writing focused on diverse interdisciplinary audiences and the broader public, he is author of the award-winning book Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are (2007), widely recognized as one of the most accessible books on the environmental politics of daily life.

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• Preface viAcknowledgments viiiIntroduction 11 Political versus Apolitical Ecologies 82 A Tree with Deep Roots 223 The Critical Tools 454 Political Ecology Emerges 825 Challenges in Ecology 996 Challenges in Social Construction 1187 Challenges in Explanation 1378 Degradation and Marginalization 1499 Conservation and Control 16810 Environmental Conflict 19011 Environmental Subjects and Identities 20612 Political Objects and Actors 22313 Political Ecologies of the Future? 236Bibliography 245Index 280

Paul Robbins is the dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where he guides the institute in serving as a world leader in addressing rapid global environmental change. With writing focused on diverse interdisciplinary audiences and the broader public, he is author of the award-winning book Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are (2007), widely recognized as one of the most accessible books on the environmental politics of daily life.

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• Preface viAcknowledgments viiiIntroduction 11 Political versus Apolitical Ecologies 82 A Tree with Deep Roots 223 The Critical Tools 454 Political Ecology Emerges 825 Challenges in Ecology 996 Challenges in Social Construction 1187 Challenges in Explanation 1378 Degradation and Marginalization 1499 Conservation and Control 16810 Environmental Conflict 19011 Environmental Subjects and Identities 20612 Political Objects and Actors 22313 Political Ecologies of the Future? 236Bibliography 245Index 280

Paul Robbins is the dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where he guides the institute in serving as a world leader in addressing rapid global environmental change. With writing focused on diverse interdisciplinary audiences and the broader public, he is author of the award-winning book Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are (2007), widely recognized as one of the most accessible books on the environmental politics of daily life.

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• Preface viAcknowledgments viiiIntroduction 11 Political versus Apolitical Ecologies 82 A Tree with Deep Roots 223 The Critical Tools 454 Political Ecology Emerges 825 Challenges in Ecology 996 Challenges in Social Construction 1187 Challenges in Explanation 1378 Degradation and Marginalization 1499 Conservation and Control 16810 Environmental Conflict 19011 Environmental Subjects and Identities 20612 Political Objects and Actors 22313 Political Ecologies of the Future? 236Bibliography 245Index 280