Contested Grounds: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics by Da

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Presents diverse views on the relationship between environmental politics and international security.

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Presents diverse views on the relationship between environmental politics and international security.

Author Biography

Daniel H. Deudney is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and coauthor of Renewable Energy and author of Bounding Power: Geopolitical Change, State-systems and Republican Restraint. He is also the winner of the American Political Science Association's 1995 Mary Parker Follett Prize for the best article in History and Politics. Richard A. Matthew is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Ecology and the Department of Political Science, and Director of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research Program at the University of California at Irvine.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Mapping Contested Grounds Richard A. Matthew Part I: Historical and Conceptual Background 2. Bringing Nature Back In: Geopolitical Theory from the Greeks to the Global Era Daniel H. Deudney Part II: The Contemporary Debate 3. Thresholds of Turmoil: Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict Thomas F. Homer-Dixon 4. A Realist's Conceptual Definition of Environmental Security Michel Frederick 5. The Case for DOD Involvement in Environmental Security Kent Hughes Butts 6. The Case for Comprehensive Security Eric K. Stern 7. Threats from the South? Geopolitics, Equity, and Environmental Security Simon Dalby 8. Environmental Security: A Critique Daniel H. Deudney Part III: Case Studies 9. Transboundary Resource Disputes and Their Resolution Miriam R. Lowi 10. Imminent Political Conflicts Arising from China's Population Crisis Jack A. Goldstone 11. Out of Focus: U.S. Military Satellites and Environmental Rescue Ronald J. Deibert Conclusion 12. Conclusion: Settling Contested Grounds Richard A. Matthew About the Contributors Index

Long Description

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 sharply conflicting views on the relationship between the environment and security and conflict. The book puts the contemporary debate in historical and theoretical perspective by demonstrating the important, but overlooked, role that environmental factors have placed in historical developments and in earlier geopolitical theories. The contributors present diverse and often conflicting answers to three questions: What are the relationships between environmental change, degradation and protection and traditional natural security concepts and organizations? How useful are security concepts and organizations in mobilizing political responses to environmental problems? What role do environmental factors play in stimulating international conflict and cooperation? In-depth case studies on transboundary resource issues are explored as well as the implications of Chinese environmental decay for political conflict, and the use of military satellites for environmental monitoring. [Contributors include Ken Butts, Simon Dalby, Daniel Deudney, Ronald J. Deibert, Michel Frederick, Jack Goldstone, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Miriam Lowi, Richard Matthew, and Eric Stern.]

Details ISBN0791441164 Short Title CONTESTED GROUNDS Pages 312 Publisher State University of New York Press Language English ISBN-10 0791441164 ISBN-13 9780791441169 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Subtitle Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics Place of Publication Albany, NY Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1999-04-23 NZ Release Date 1999-04-23 US Release Date 1999-04-23 UK Release Date 1999-04-23 Author Richard A. Matthew Series SUNY series in International Environmental Policy and Theory Publication Date 1999-04-23 Imprint State University of New York Press Alternative 9780791441152 Edited by Richard A. Matthew DEWEY 363.70526 Illustrations Total Illustrations: 0 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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