There seems to be some general interest in this so I’ll respond to the
list (intentionally, even).
The short answer to Chun is "yes," and the long answer - or at least one
long answer - is in:
Czech, B., P. R. Krausman, and R. Borkhataria. 1998. Social
construction, political power, and the allocation of benefits to
endangered species. Conservation Biology 12:1103-1112.
Related material is found in much of Stephen Kellert’s work, others that
I regrettably forget years later, and in:
Czech, B., and P. R. Krausman. 1999. Public opinion on endangered
species conservation and policy. Society and Natural Resources
12:469-479.
Czech, B., and P. R. Krausman. 1998. The species concept, species
prioritization, and the technical legitimacy of the Endangered Species
Act. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources
Conference 62:514-524.
Czech, B., P. K. Devers, and P. R. Krausman. In Press. The relationship
of gender and age to species conservation attitudes. Wildlife Society
Bulletin.
My stuff on this topic will be summarized in:
Czech, B., and P. R. Krausman. In Press (January 2001). The Endangered
Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Political Economy. Johns
Hopkins University Press.
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Sehjae Chun
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I am so intrigued by the idea of _the social construction of
> species_.
> My wild guess is that socio-, political-, cultural- forces such as
> gender,
> nationalism, class issue and others have influenced the social
> construction of species. Is that right? (apology if that is not the
> case.)
>
> Actually I am more interested in the strategy humans use in the
> social
> construction of species. Is there any source which address this kind
> of
> issue?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> chun
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Brian Czech wrote:
>
> > Howard,
> >
> > If you give me your mailing address, I will send you 2 articles on
> this
> > topic. My Ph.D. was a policy analysis of the U.S. Endangered
> Species
> > Act, and I looked at two aspects that are at least at the fringe
> of
> > ethics; i.e., the social construction of species and the relative
> > ecological merit of taxa.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 17:49:08 +1200 "Howard Pharo"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > writes:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am new to the field of ethics, but as part of my public policy
>
> > > studies I am looking into the ethical principles at stake
> concerning
> > > the protection of endangered species (animals and plants).
> > >
> > > I would welcome any views of list members or pointers to
> suitable
> > > information sources.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Howard Pharo.
> > >
> >
> > Brian Czech
> > Arlington, VA
> > USA
> >
>
Brian Czech
Arlington, VA
USA
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