Ecological Security
Climate Change and the Construction of Security
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 23 September 2021
- ISBN 9781316519615
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages252 pages
- Size 235x158x20 mm
- Weight 510 g
- Language English 189
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Short description:
This book argues that we should approach the relationship between climate change and security through the lens of ecosystem resilience.
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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.
'Making a compelling case for engaging security in the face of climate catastrophe, this clearly argued volume is required reading for anyone interested in how to rethink international relations in the twenty first century. Doing so requires taking the rapidly changing ecological context of the contemporary world seriously as the premise for political thinking and action. Matt McDonald shows both the urgency and necessity of escaping the constraints of traditional forms of security thinking if a liveable world is to be made for future generations of humans and all the other species that constitute our essential life support system.' Simon Dalby, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Table of Contents:
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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