Peter Hough

Environmental Security

An Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This textbook offers a student-friendly survey of the global politics of the environment through the prism of security studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780367536145
• ISBN-10: 0367536145
• Artikelnr.: 61287265

Autorenporträt

Peter Hough is an Associate Professor in International Politics at Middlesex University, London, UK. He is author of The Global Politics of Pesticides (1998) and Understanding Global Security (2018, 4th edn), and co-author of International Security Studies (2020, 2nd edn).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Environment and Security 1. The Early History of Environmental
Security: 'Green Shoots' 2. The Politicization of the Environment 3. The
Securitization of Global Environmental Policy Part II: The Environment and
'National' Security 4. The Threat Posed by Overpopulation: 'Breeding to
Death?' 5. Resource Wars and Energy Security: 'Fighting over the Last
Drop?' 6. Military Security and the Environment: 'The Smog of War' 7.
'Civilizational Security': Global Threats from Environmental Change Part
III: The Environment and Human Security 8. Climate Change: 'Adapt or Die?'
9. Pollution and Human Security: 'Messy Business' 10. Resource Depletion
and Biodiversity: 'Running on Empty' 11. Natural Disasters: 'Learning to
Expect the Unexpected' Part IV: Conclusions 12. Conclusions: To Securitize
or Not to Securitize?