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03027aam a2200385 i 4500 001 8295D6D86DF511ECB33FF4E951ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220105010041 008 210815s2021 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021024578 020 $a 1009010808 020 $a 9781009010801 020 $a 1316519619 020 $a 9781316519615 035 $a (OCoLC)1240773579 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JZ5588 M378 2021 100 1 $a McDonald, Matt, $e author. 245 10 $a Ecological security : $b climate change and the construction of security / $c Matt McDonald. 264 1 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a ix, 240 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The construction of security -- Climate security discourses -- Ecological security : a definition -- Means and agents of ecological security -- Towards ecological security? 520 $a "Climate change is increasingly recognized 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 emphasizing 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 and towards a focus on ecological security. Drawing on insights from political ecology, feminism and critical theory, the book suggests the need to focus on the resilience of ecosystems themselves when approaching the climate-security relationship, a discourse that orients towards the rights and needs of the most vulnerable across time, space and species. The book outlines the ethical assumptions of ecological security, noting how the referent, threat, agent and means of security are conceived before exploring how it might find purchase in contemporary political contexts. While a shift towards ecological security faces significant challenges, it is urgent given the climate crisis and the broader context of the Anthropocene - a geological era illustrating the impossibility of separating humanity from the ecological conditions of our own existence"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Security, International $x Climatic factors. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $x Government policy. 650 0 $a Global environmental change. 776 08 $i Online version: $a McDonald, Matt. $t Ecological security $d Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 $z 9781009024495 $w (DLC) 2021024579 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517011445.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220303011131.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8295D6D86DF511ECB33FF4E951ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search