This fully updated new edition introduces the core concepts,
central thinkers, and major works of the burgeoning field of
political ecology.



Explores the key arguments and contemporary explanatory
challenges facing the sub-discipline

Provides the first full history of the development of political
ecology over the last century and its theoretical
underpinnings

Considers the major challenges facing the field now and for the
future

Study boxes introduce key figures in the development of the
discipline and summarize their most important works

Fully updated to include recent events, such as the
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, as well as both urban and rural
examples, from the developed and underdeveloped world