Wolf Conflicts (eBook)

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.

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.

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.

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