Jacklyn Cock is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and a research associate of the university's Society, Work and Politics Institute.

The future of the environment, and the destructive impact of unregulated market-led growth on it, has become the defining socio-political issue of the 21st century. This book, by taking a holistic approach to the subject, will attract readers who are interested in the section on the origin, growth and social composition of bird-watching through to those who see capitalism on a suicidal course in its drive to exploit nature for profit. Eddie Webster, Director of the Sociology of Work Unit, University of the Witwatersrand

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionChapter 1: Ignoring natureChapter 2: Understanding NatureChapter 3: Enjoying Nature Chapter 4: Imitating NatureChapter 5: Privatising NatureChapter 6: Polluting NatureChapter 7: Abusing NatureChapter 8: Protecting NatureChapter 9: Organising NatureChapter 10: Rethinking NatureEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Jacklyn Cock is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and a research associate of the university's Society, Work and Politics Institute.

The future of the environment, and the destructive impact of unregulated market-led growth on it, has become the defining socio-political issue of the 21st century. This book, by taking a holistic approach to the subject, will attract readers who are interested in the section on the origin, growth and social composition of bird-watching through to those who see capitalism on a suicidal course in its drive to exploit nature for profit. Eddie Webster, Director of the Sociology of Work Unit, University of the Witwatersrand

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionChapter 1: Ignoring natureChapter 2: Understanding NatureChapter 3: Enjoying Nature Chapter 4: Imitating NatureChapter 5: Privatising NatureChapter 6: Polluting NatureChapter 7: Abusing NatureChapter 8: Protecting NatureChapter 9: Organising NatureChapter 10: Rethinking NatureEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Jacklyn Cock is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and a research associate of the university's Society, Work and Politics Institute.

The future of the environment, and the destructive impact of unregulated market-led growth on it, has become the defining socio-political issue of the 21st century. This book, by taking a holistic approach to the subject, will attract readers who are interested in the section on the origin, growth and social composition of bird-watching through to those who see capitalism on a suicidal course in its drive to exploit nature for profit. Eddie Webster, Director of the Sociology of Work Unit, University of the Witwatersrand

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionChapter 1: Ignoring natureChapter 2: Understanding NatureChapter 3: Enjoying Nature Chapter 4: Imitating NatureChapter 5: Privatising NatureChapter 6: Polluting NatureChapter 7: Abusing NatureChapter 8: Protecting NatureChapter 9: Organising NatureChapter 10: Rethinking NatureEndnotesBibliographyIndex