Counting Species: Biodiversity in Global Environmental Politics

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Three decades of biodiversity governance have largely failed to stop the ongoing crisis of global species loss. Yet that governance has resulted in undeniably important political outcomes. In Counting Species, Rafi Youatt argues that the understanding of global biodiversity has produced a distinct vision and politics of nature, one that is bound up with ideas about species, norms of efficiency, and apolitical forms of technical management.

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"Counting Species is a compelling book, and I would recommend it for the elegance, thoughtfulness, and sensitivity of Rafi Youatts reflection and writing. The book contributes in interesting and original ways to all the fields that it traverses; and successfully weaves high-level theoretical engagements through thoroughly-researched empirical material." Charlotte Epstein, University of Sydney

"This book is an intelligent and insightful analysis transcending disciplines and connecting complex structures."Environmental Values

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Rafi Youatt is assistant professor of politics at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College.