Skip to content

About PERC

All Areas of Focus

All Research

Donate

The Political Economy of Environmental Collapse




Madren Conference Center
Clemson University
Clemson
South Carolina
April 12–15, 2012
Directed by Rob Fleck and Andy Hanssen
Agenda
Participants
Papers

Introduction

The objective of the conference is to examine whether (and why or why not) environmental change causes societies to collapse, as famously hypothesized by Jared Diamond, and how that depends (if so) on the institutional structure in place – a factor Diamond does not consider.

Date
Topics
Related Content
  • PERC Reports Winter 2024

    This special issue of PERC Reports explores creative ideas to address the conservation challenges of the Pacific Northwest.

  • A Coastal Comeback

    It’s been more than a century since sea otters called the coasts of Oregon and Northern California home. Can they be brought back to the region without alienating fishermen?

  • Kelp Wanted

    Can cultivating a taste for purple sea urchin help restore America's underwater forests?