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<p> This Book Is A Serious Study Of The Environmental Crisis In India. What Has Made The Present Work More Introspective Is That The Author, Who Needs To Be Commended For His Lucid Exposition Of The Monumental Environmental Crisis In India, Is Not An Armchair Theoretician. He Is An Activist Working With Ananda Niketan Ashram, Which Provides Legal Support To Forest Dwellers Of Gujarat Ande Madhya Pradesh.... Questions Raised By Pathak Transcend The Micro-level Of Analysis. He Feels That Environmental Problems In India Are Ignorance And A Lack Of Consciousness Among Policymakers During The Early Years Of Independent India.... To Help Us Understand Our Environs Better, Contested Domains Needs To Be Read By Both Environmentalists And Laymen. —the Telegraph This Well-argued Short Book Is A Useful Addition To Forestry Literature. . . . Dr. Pathak Brings To The Task A Lawyer's Skills For Marshalling And Presenting Information And Arguments. He Has Produced A Book That Should Be Of Interest Not Only To Those Concerned With Indian Forestry But Also To Those Wishing To Understand How Forestry Is Influenced By Broader Political, Popular, And Other Forces That Shape Development In Practice. —c

Author

Pathak, Akhileshwar , 1960-

Publisher

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications in association with the Book Review Literary Trust, New Delhi

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9788170364122

Subjects

Sociology, Agriculture, Social_sciences