Stealing Shining Rivers : Agrarian Conflict, Market Logic, and Conservation in a Mexican Forest.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Agencies/Acronyms -- Timeline of Important Events -- Introduction: Practicing Political Ecology in Chimalapas -- Section I. Time, Space, Politics -- 1. Shining Rivers: Chimalapas in Time and Space -- 2. Megaprojects in Mexico's South: Liberal Shadows in a Global Era -- Section II. The Emergence of the Environment -- 3. Wild Places: The Production of Nature and the Environment -- 4. Imagining Chimalapas: Leadership, Legitimacy, and Representation -- 5. The Long-Distance Jaguar: Creating an Ecological Community in Chimalapas -- Section III. The Politics of the Environment -- 6. Decentralized Authoritarianism: Political Control in Chimalapas -- 7. Please, No Politics: The Institutional Isolation of Maderas and the New Government Role -- Conclusion: Decentralized Authoritarianism and Accumulation by Conservation in Chimalapas -- Appendix A. List of Participants -- Appendix B. Institutional Funding for Maderas del Pueblo between 1991 and 2000 -- Appendix C. Government Agencies in Chimalapas, 1995-2000 -- Appendix D. WWF Funding Lines, 1997-2000 -- Appendix E. Institutional Presence in Chimalapas, 2003-2008 -- References -- Index.

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