GGRB21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Antonio Gramsci, Moral Economy, Political Ecology
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Eesb15 lecture 9 - environmental subjects and identities. Appropriate of natural resources by the state, private sector, elites etc, result in increased scarcity of resources, which can lead to conflict between groups along gender, race, or ethnic lines. Social structure - social structures are structured around divisions of labor and power that differentially distribute access and responsibility for natural resources. Understandings of property systems as complex bundles of rights. Complexity of rights have implications of degradation, sustainability, and equity. Development activities are rooted in specific assumptions about the class, race, and gender of participants in the development process. They view resource users as heterogeneous rather than homogenous. Environmental subjects and identities: 3 point question on the final exam. Political ecology shows that political identities and social struggles are linked to basic issues of livelihoods and environmental activity. How me make a living and how we use our environments shapes our political identities.
