Blaikie’s Definition of Political Ecology

Political ecology examines the political, economic, social, and cultural dynamics surrounding material and discursive struggles over the environment.

People of color and women tend to be more marginalized than their white, male counterparts.

The global demand displaces and exploits Congolese people by replacing artisanal miners with industrial workers.

<p>Many countries in the Global South continue to function based on the exploitative resource extraction pattern established by their colonizers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Perceptions and discourses shape the framing of environmental problems and interventions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The political dynamics surrounding material and discursive struggles over the environment in the third world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As power-laden.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A lack of objectivity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The role of scale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Who is benefitting from a situation, and who is being harmed by it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It scrutinizes it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social reproduction comprises the processes necessary to replenish a supply of workers in order to sustain an economy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The dependency of workers upon capitalists.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The concept of a moral economy challenges traditional economic ideologies by integrating ethical issues like sustainability and social justice into financial systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By attaining the goods and resources necessary to keep a population of workers healthy and profitable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Institutions like governments determine what they believe is necessary for social reproduction based on economic and social factors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By prioritizing ethical concerns like sustainability and social justice over profit maximization.</p> Signup and view all the answers