Wolf Conflicts - A Sociological Study

To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive analysis of conflicts over large carnivores that see these controversies primarily as social conflicts embedded in deeper tensions in contemporary societies, and not so much as conflicts between animals and people. The book points out that wolf conflicts are primarily conflicts between people, over wolves.


As Michael Woods writes on the book's webpage: Wolf Conflicts is not a book about wolves per se, but rather an exploration of what human interactions with wolves can tell us about contemporary rural societies.




Wolf Conflicts points to the intersection of social class and rurality as a key to understanding many conflicts over land use and conservation.


The book has a strong empirical basis, in the form of interviews conducted over many years.

About the author

Ketil Skogen is a sociologist at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA. He has studied the conflicts over wolves and wolf management in Norway for close to two decades, with a particular view to situating the controversies within societal power structures and processes of social and cultural change in rural areas.

Olve Krange is a sociologist at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA. Together with Ketil Skogen, he has studied the conflicts over large carnivore management in Norway for close to two decades. They have worked together on several studies of large carnivore management commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency.

Helene Figari did her post-graduate research in sociology on social representations of the wolf, in collaboration with Ketil Skogen and Olve Krange. She went on to do PhD research on the cultural meaning of hunting, while contributing to NINA’s research on the social dimensions of large carnivore management.

Summary

Wolf Conflicts reveals how conflicts over land use and conservation intertwine with patterns of hegemony and resistance in modern societies.

Product details

• Authors: Helene Figari, Figari Helene, Olve Krange, Krange Olve, Ketil Skogen, Ketil Krange Skogen, Skogen Ketil
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781800731783
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-178-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Interspecies Encounters
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, environmental science, engineering & technology, Wildlife: mammals, Social and cultural anthropology, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Sociology; Environmental Studies (General)