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Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration : Conservation and Development Projects in the Amazon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498535670
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crossing Boundaries for CollaborationDDC classification:
  • 333.7209811
LOC classification:
  • H62.P397 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Official Story: Examples from the Amazon -- 3 The Challenges of Collaboration -- 4 Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration -- 5 The Analytics of Crossing Boundaries -- 6 Inequalities and Politics in Collaboration across Boundaries -- 7 Surprises and Uncertainty in Collaborating across Boundaries -- 8 Crossing Boundaries and the Self -- 9 Conclusion: The Seasons of Collaboration -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Societal problems that require collaboration across boundaries are growing, but the issues, tasks, challenges, and strategic practices of partnering across divides often fall outside the technical skill sets of would-be collaborators. This book brings together knowledge from many disciplines and firsthand experience from conservation and development projects in the Amazon to elucidate the travails but also the advantages of collaborating across boundaries.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Official Story: Examples from the Amazon -- 3 The Challenges of Collaboration -- 4 Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration -- 5 The Analytics of Crossing Boundaries -- 6 Inequalities and Politics in Collaboration across Boundaries -- 7 Surprises and Uncertainty in Collaborating across Boundaries -- 8 Crossing Boundaries and the Self -- 9 Conclusion: The Seasons of Collaboration -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Societal problems that require collaboration across boundaries are growing, but the issues, tasks, challenges, and strategic practices of partnering across divides often fall outside the technical skill sets of would-be collaborators. This book brings together knowledge from many disciplines and firsthand experience from conservation and development projects in the Amazon to elucidate the travails but also the advantages of collaborating across boundaries.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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