出版社：American Sociological Association Section on Political Economy of the World System
摘要：Building on prior work in world-system analysis and human ecology, we test a macro-level theory that social and demographic causes of deforestation will vary across zones of the modern world-system. Using multivari-ate regression analysis, we examine models of deforestation over the period 1990-2000. We test for main e. ects of world-system position, two di. erent population variables (urbanization and proportion under work -ing age), and economic development within zone, as well as for the contextual e. ects of these variables as they operate di. erently across world-system positions. Our fi ndings indicate that generic models of deforestation need to be qualifi ed, because the particular social factors most closely associated with deforestation tend to vary by position in the global hierarchy. Deforestation at the macro level is best explained by considering e. ects of socio -demographic processes contextually, in terms of world-system dynamics. We discuss the fi ndings in a more general world-systems and behavioral ecological framework, and suggest the fi eld will be well served with more precise theorizing and closer attention to scope conditions.
