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African and Africanist biodiversity research in a neo-liberal context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Reginald A. Cline-Cole
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Cet article situe la recherche sur la bio-diversité africaine dans son contexte néolibéral général. Il maintient que l'‘africanisation’ de la bio-diversité en tant que concept et pratique doit, par nécessité, prendre place au sein d'un contexte néolibéral de globalisation et de localisation, et en opposition au climat général constitué par les relations continuellement changeantes entre la société civile, le marché, et l'état. Cet article conclut, que par conséquent, on doit comprendre les stratégies se rapportant à la bio-diversité comme étant des efforts visant à ‘maintenir le global en place’, bien que celles-ci ne doivent pas dégénérer en un centrisme africain rudimentaire ou potentiellement un relativisme réactionnaire.

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Researching the social in biodiversity
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Africa , Volume 66 , Issue 1: The Social shaping of biodiversity: perspectives on the management of biological variety in Africa , January 1996 , pp. 145 - 158
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Copyright © International African Institute 1996

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