Contested grounds : security and conflict in the new environmental politics /

Since the end of the Cold War, the relationship between international security and the environment has been subject to intensive policy concern, scholarly debate, and research. "Contested Grounds" brings together many of the best known researchers on this emerging topic as they present sha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Deudney, Daniel (Author, Editor), Matthew, Richard A., 1959- (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
Series:SUNY series in international environmental policy and theory.
Subjects:
Environmental policy.
Security, International > Environmental aspects.
Geopolitics.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Géopolitique.
environmental policy.
geopolitics.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environmental policy
Geopolitics
Security, International > Environmental aspects
Geopolitik
Umweltpolitik
Sicherheitspolitik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : mapping contested grounds / Richard A. Matthew
  • Part I. Historical and conceptual background : Bringing nature back in : geopolitical theory from the Greeks to the global era / Daniel H. Deudney
  • Part II. The contemporary debate ; Thresholds of turmoil : environmental scarcities and violent conflict / Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
  • A realist's conceptual definition of environmental security / Michel Frédérick
  • The case for DOD involvement in environmental security / Kent Hughes Butts
  • The case for comprehensive security / Eric K. Stern
  • Threats from the south? geopolitics, equity, and environmental security / Simon Dalby
  • Environmental security : a critique / Daniel H. Deudney
  • Part III. Case studies ; Transboundary resource disputes and their resolution / Miriam R. Lowi
  • Imminent political conflicts arising from China's population crisis / Jack A. Goldstone
  • Out of focus : U.S. military satellites and environmental rescue / Ronald J. Deibert
  • Conclusion : settling contested grounds / Richard A. Matthew.

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