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Author:
Alvarez, Alex, author.
Title:
Unstable ground : climate change, conflict, and genocide / by Alex Alvarez.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
x, 212 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Social conflict.
Genocide.
Climat--Aspect social.--Aspect social.
HISTORY--Social History.
NATURE--Environmental Conservation & Protection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Peace.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Environmental Policy.--Environmental Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disasters & Disaster Relief.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.--General.
Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Genocide.
Social conflict.
Climate change.
Environmental protection.
Genocide.
Violence.
Forced migration.
Environmental refugees.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Climate change and genocide -- Making sense of climate change -- On the origins of violent conflict : war and the genocidal impulse -- Linking climate change and conflict -- Water, violent conflict, and genocide -- Forced displacement and borders in a warming world -- Preventing conflict and building resilience.
Summary:
"Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity -- ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. The author examines the ways in which resources and global migration patterns will be impacted by climate change and create conditions conducive to violent conflict"-- Provided by publisher.
"Looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke genocide, addressing future conflict over resources and global migration challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Studies in genocide: religion, history, and human rights
ISBN:
1442265698
9781442265691
144226568X
9781442265684
OCLC:
(OCoLC)979732640
LCCN:
2017011983
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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