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Title

Who cares about wildlife? : social science concepts for exploring human-wildlife relationships and conservation issues / Michael J. Manfredo.

Author

Manfredo, Michael J.

Publication

New York : Springer, 2008.

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Description

xv, 228 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Wildlife holds a special place in the human consciousness. It is a source of attraction and fear, material value and symbolic meaning, religious or spiritual significance, and it is a barometer of people's concern for environmental sustainability. Why do humans care so much about wildlife? In Who Cares About Wildlife?, author Michael J. Manfredo explores that question through multiple social science perspectives. How has evolution prepared human responses to wildlife? How can we better understand the nature of our cognitive and emotional responses to wildlife? And how can we place those responses in a broad cultural context? A theoretical perspective is advanced that draws upon these multiple perspectives and that proposes the rise of caring and mutualism values in post-industrial society. Directions for future research and managerial implications are interwoven into this theoretical overview."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Social science concepts for exploring human-wildlife relationships and conservation issues

Subject

• Wildlife conservation > Social aspects
• Human-animal relationships
• Environmental sciences
• Animal ecology
• Wildlife management
• Social sciences
• Environment
• Environmental Management
• Animal Ecology
• Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
• Nature Conservation
• Social Sciences, general
• Animals, Wild

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Who cares about wildlife? -- The biological context of wildlife values: are there etchings on the slate? -- Understanding the feeling component of human--wildlife interactions -- Attitudes and the study of human dimensions of wildlife -- Norms: social influences on human thoughts about wildlife -- Values, ideology, and value orientations -- Cultural perspectives on human-wildlife relationships -- Integrating concepts: demonstration of a multilevel model for exploring the rise of mutualism value orientations in post-industrial society -- Appendix: Item scales for developing wildlife value orientations in North America.

ISBN

• 9780387770383 (pbk.)
• 0387770380 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008932523

OCLC

213855670

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library