political ecology

is the study of how local rules of ownership and inheritance mediate between the pressures emanating from the larger society and the exigencies of the local ecosystem.

how local rules of ownership and inheritance 'mediate between the pressures emanating from the larger society and the exigencies of the local ecosystem' (Wolf 1972, p. 202).

is the study of the day-to-day conflicts, alliances, and negotiations that ultimately result in some sort of definitive behavior... how politics affects or structures resource use.

Sutton (2004) defines political ecology as 'the study of the day-to-day conflicts, alliances, and negotiations that ultimately result in some sort of definitive behavior... how politics affects or structures resource use' (311).

political ecology, n.All

political ecology