In the early years of the new millennium, hurricanes lashed the
Caribbean and flooded New Orleans as heat waves and floods seemed
to alternate in Europe. Snows were disappearing on Mount
Kilimanjaro while the ice caps on both poles retreated. The
resulting disruption caused to many societies and the potential for
destabilizing international migration has meant that the
environment has become a political priority.The scale of
environmental change caused by globalization is now so large that
security has to be understood as an ecological process. A new
geopolitics is long overdue. In this book Simon Dalby provides an
accessible and engaging account of the challenges we face in
responding to security and environmental change. He traces the
historical roots of current thinking about security and climate
change to show the roots of the contemporary concern and goes on to
outline modern thinking about securitization which uses the
politics of invoking threats as a central part of the analysis. He
argues that to understand climate change and the dislocations of
global ecology, it is necessary to look back at how ecological
change is tied to the expansion of the world economic system over
the last few centuries. As the global urban system changes on a
local and global scale, the world’s population becomes vulnerable
in new ways. In a clear and careful analysis, Dalby shows that
theories of human security now require a much more nuanced
geopolitical imagination if they are to grapple with these new
vulnerabilities and influence how we build more resilient societies
to cope with the coming disruptions. This book will appeal to level
students and scholars of geography, environmental studies, security
studies and international politics, as well as to anyone concerned
with contemporary globalization and its transformation of the
biosphere.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Dimensions of Security |
Release date: |
June 2009 |
First published: |
2009 |
Authors: |
Simon Dalby
|
Dimensions: |
215 x 142 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
197 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7456-4292-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-7456-4292-6 |
Barcode: |
9780745642925 |
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