A swamp and its subjects: Conservation politics, surveillance and resistance in Trinidad, the West Indies

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 77-93

  Sletto, Bjørn Ingmunn ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Foucault; Local knowledge; National parks; Subjectification; Surveillance; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; KNOWLEDGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; WORLD;

EID: 11344264690     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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