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Taylor and Francis Ltd Nature and Bureaucracy 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Jenkins, David
- questions how bureaucracies conceive of and consequently interact with nature, and suggests that our managed public landscapes are neither entirely managed nor entirely wild- questions which kinds of human influence, conceived of in the widest possible sense, will produce ideal environments for future generations, and who gets to choose- draws on the author's experience as an objective scholar and over 10 years working as a practitioner in federal land management agencies- will be of great interest to students and scholars of natural resource management, policy and politics, and professionals working in environmental management roles as well as policymakers involved public policy and administration. Introduction: The Wild Garden PART I The Bureaucracy of Nature 1. Against Efficiency: Why We Cut Trees (And What Happens When We Do) 2. When the Well Runs Dry: Aquifers, Canals, and the Colorado River System 3. Atlantic Salmon, Endangered Species, and the Failure of Environmental Policies 4. Count Every Fish: Nonmarket Fishing Economies on the Yukon River 5. Managing Natural Resources in Alaska: Anthropology Bureaucratized PART II The Nature of Bureaucracy 6. Traditional Bureaucratic Knowledge: The Order of Rules 7. Bureaucratic Management of Wildlife: Wolves in the State of Alaska 8. Enemy Ancestors 9. To Save the Spiritual 10. Traditional Ecological Knowledge 11. The Dharma of Nature