The Coming Age of Scarcity - Preventing Mass Death and Genocide in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback, New)

Michael Dobkowski and Isidor Walliman have edited a book that, although ominous, is not a fatalistic look at the future. The Coming Age of Scarcity lays out the perils of not recognizing the reality of genocide or of acknowledging the full implications of warfare. Showing how scarcity and surplus populations can lead to disaster, The Coming Age of Scarcity is about evil. It tells of "ethnic cleansing" and excavates the world's expanding killing fields. The writers in this volume are all too aware that the future suggests that present-day population growth, land resources, energy consumption, and per capita consumption cannot be sustained without leading to greater catastrophes. The essays in this volume ask: What is the solution in the face of mass death and genocide? As philosopher John K. Roth says in the Foreword, "The essays can sensitize us against despair and indifference because history shows that human-made mass death and genocide are not inevitable, and no events related to them will ever be."

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	March 1998
Editors:	Michael N. Dobkowski • Isidor Wallimann
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	372
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-2744-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-8156-2744-0
Barcode:	9780815627449

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