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Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy. By Mark A. Drumbl. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy. By Mark A. Drumbl. Oxford: Oxford... Global Governance 20 (2014), 163–168 BOOK REVIEWS Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa. By Bram Büscher. Durham: Duke Univer- sity Press, 2013. Like a skilled jurist, Bram Büscher pieces together a compelling argument about the corrupting influences of neoliberalism in environmental policy by using the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project as a case study. While the discussions are far too nuanced to call this book a primer on neoliberalism and the environment, it should be read as a piece of critical analysis of neoliberalism on both the environmental and development communities rather than as a book on conservation. Büscher builds an analytic framework that draws “distinction between neoliberalism as a mode of political conduct and a mode of devolved gover- nance” (p. 220). In doing so, he focuses on three key elements—consensus building, antipolitics, and marketing. Using an ethnographic approach that combines political ecology with international relations to delve into these ele- ments, Büscher makes insightful arguments to show how governance struc- ture emerges and why it evolves as it does. At its best, the book uses this to contrast community-based natural resource management with bioregional conservation planning. While both http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1075-2846
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1942-6720
DOI
10.1163/19426720-02001011
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Global Governance 20 (2014), 163–168 BOOK REVIEWS Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa. By Bram Büscher. Durham: Duke Univer- sity Press, 2013. Like a skilled jurist, Bram Büscher pieces together a compelling argument about the corrupting influences of neoliberalism in environmental policy by using the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project as a case study. While the discussions are far too nuanced to call this book a primer on neoliberalism and the environment, it should be read as a piece of critical analysis of neoliberalism on both the environmental and development communities rather than as a book on conservation. Büscher builds an analytic framework that draws “distinction between neoliberalism as a mode of political conduct and a mode of devolved gover- nance” (p. 220). In doing so, he focuses on three key elements—consensus building, antipolitics, and marketing. Using an ethnographic approach that combines political ecology with international relations to delve into these ele- ments, Büscher makes insightful arguments to show how governance struc- ture emerges and why it evolves as it does. At its best, the book uses this to contrast community-based natural resource management with bioregional conservation planning. While both

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Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International OrganizationsBrill

Published: Aug 19, 2014

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