
Beyond Resource Wars
Scarcity, Environmental Degradation, and International Cooperation
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2011
Summary
An argument that resource scarcity and environmental degradation can provide an impetus for cooperation among countries.
Common wisdom holds that the earth’s dwindling natural resources and increasing environmental degradation will inevitably lead to inter-state conflict, and possibly even set off “resource wars.” Many scholars and policymakers have considered the environmental roots of violent conflict and instability, but little attention has been paid to the idea that scarc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262515580 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026251558X |
| Author: | Shlomi Dinar |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation |
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Critics Review
“These chapters represent some of the best thinking in global environmental politics at the present time. Noteworthy for its focus on environmental cooperation rather than conflict, Beyond Resource Wars will quickly become an important part of the ongoing debate over the sociopolitical impacts of resource scarcity.” Dennis Pirages , Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas “This volume makes a compelling case for taking environmental matters seriously for confidence building, peacemaking, and sustainable security. By linking resource wars to environmental degradation, and to regime formation, the book introduces a unique and useful innovation in the realm of international environmental politics.” Simon Dalby , Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
About The Author
Shlomi Dinar
Shlomi Dinar is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. Shlomi Dinar is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. Elizabeth R. DeSombre is Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Wellesley College. She is the author of Flagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety, andLabor Regulations at Sea (MIT Press, 2006) and other books. J. Samuel Barkin is Associate Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of Realist Constructivism: Rethinking International Relations Theory and other books.
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