Environmental Politics in the Middle East - Local Struggles, Global Connections (Paperback)

This book investigates how ecology and politics meet in the Middle East and how those interactions connect to the global political economy. Through region-wide analyses and case studies from the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf of Aden, the Levant and North Africa, the volume highlights the intimate connections of environmental activism, energy infrastructure and illicit commodity trading with the political economies of Central Asia, the Horn of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The book's nine chapters analyse how the exploitation and representation of the environment have shaped the history of the region--and determined its place in global politics. It argues that how the ecological is understood, instrumentalised and intervened upon is the product of political struggle: deconstructing ideas and practices of environmental change means unravelling claims of authority and legitimacy. This is particularly important in a region frequently seen through the prism of environmental determinism, where ruling elites have imposed authoritarian control as the corollary of 'environmental crisis'. This unique and urgent collection will question much of what we think we know about this pressing issue.

General

Imprint:	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Published in Collaboration with: Georgetown University Centre for International and Regional Studies, School of Foreign Service
Release date:	September 2018
Editors:	Harry Verhoeven
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-84904-967-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-84904-967-X
Barcode:	9781849049672

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