Wolf Conflicts

A Sociological Study
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-178-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 335 g

Reihe: Interspecies Encounters

Wolf populations have recently made a comeback in Northern Europe and North America. These large carnivores can cause predictable conflicts by preying on livestock, and competing with hunters for game. But their arrivals often become deeply embedded in more general societal tensions, which arise alongside processes of social change that put considerable pressure on rural communities and on the rural working class in particular. Based on research and case studies conducted in Norway, Wolf Conflicts discusses various aspects of this complex picture, including conflicts over land use and conservation, and more general patterns of hegemony and resistance in modern societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skogen, Ketil

Krange, Olve

Figari, Helene

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gesellschaft & Tiere

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Wolf in Norway

Chapter 2. Areas of Study and Methods

Chapter 3. New Alliance, Old Antagonism

Chapter 4. Hunters and Wolves
: Fieldwork in a Resistance Group

Chapter 5. Social Representations of the Wolf

Chapter 6. Contested Knowledge

Chapter 7. Rumors about the Secret Reintroduction of Wolves

Chapter 8. Management of Large Carnivores
: Opinions and Responses

Concluding Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Skogen, Ketil
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.

Krange, Olve
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.

Figari, Helene
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.

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.