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Ecological Security - Matt McDonald

Ecological Security

Climate Change and the Construction of Security

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Buch | Hardcover
200 Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-51961-5 (ISBN)
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Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a security issue. But how exactly is 'security' understood? McDonald identifies different accounts or discourses of climate security and the different practices these encourage, and argues for a focus on ecological security – the resilience of ecosystems themselves in the face of climate change.
Climate change is increasingly recognised as a security issue. Yet this recognition belies contestation over what security means and whose security is viewed as threatened. Different accounts – here defined as discourses – of security range from those focused on national sovereignty to those emphasising the vulnerability of human populations. This book examines the ethical assumptions and implications of these 'climate security' discourses, ultimately making a case for moving beyond the protection of human institutions and collectives. Drawing on insights from political ecology, feminism and critical theory, Matt McDonald suggests the need to focus on the resilience of ecosystems themselves when approaching the climate-security relationship, orienting towards the most vulnerable across time, space and species. The book outlines the ethical assumptions and contours of ecological security before exploring how it might find purchase in contemporary political contexts. A shift in this direction could not be more urgent, given the current climate crisis.

Matt McDonald is Reader in International Relations in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of Security, the Environment and Emancipation (2012) and co-author (with Anthony Burke and Katrina Lee-Koo) of Ethics and Global Security (2014).

Introduction; 1. The construction of security; 2. Climate security discourses; 3. Ecological security: a definition; 4. Means and ends of ecological security; 5. Towards Ecological Security?; Conclusion.

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Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 235 mm
Gewicht 510 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Völkerrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-316-51961-9 / 1316519619
ISBN-13 978-1-316-51961-5 / 9781316519615
Zustand Neuware
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