Jessica (Hrsg.) Blitt

Ecoviolence

Links Among Environment, Population, and Security

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Ecoviolence explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewable resources_such as cropland, fresh water, and forests_and violent rebellions, insurgencies, and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan, and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts. Drawing upon theory and key findings from the case studies, the authors suggest that environmental scarcity will worsen in many poor countries in coming decades and will become an increasingly important caus… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Homer-Dixon, Thomas (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-8476-8870-8
EAN: 9780847688708
Produktnummer: 1348779
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Seitenangabe: 246 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 384 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 384

Über den Autor

Thomas Homer-Dixon is associate professor of political science and director of the peace and conflict studies program at the University of Toronto. Jessica Blitt is an M.A. candidate at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in Ottawa and an honors graduate of and former research assistant for the peace and conflict studies program at the University of Toronto.