Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China

This Book Analyzes How Science-based Nature Protection Campaigns Are Transforming Society And The Environment Through Extensive Fieldwork In China's Southwestern Cities. Furthermore, It Examines The Role Of Ecology In Constituting State Power And Social Inequality-- Ecological States -- Making Ecology Developmental -- Botany, Beauty, Purification -- Ecological Territorialization -- Ecological Migrations, Volumetric Aspirations -- Rural Redux -- Infrastructural Diffusion -- Global Ecological Futures. Jesse Rodenbiker. Funded By Luce Foundation