Security and Climate Change

International Relations and the Limits of Realism
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-32408-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Environmental Politics

This new book explains why the international community has responded with a sense of fatalistic passivity to climate change.

It presents a distinct critique of realism through the study of this topic, commonly overlooked in international relations. The author argues that the realist view rests on a dangerous contradiction; far from delivering security it serves to limit the way we think about the new generation of risks we face. The book also provides a detailed case study evaluating US climate politics under the Clinton and Bush administrations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lacy, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Tragedy of Realism 2. The World is a Laboratory: Climate Change and Hierarchies of (In)Security 3. Illusions of Realism: Techno-Optimism, Realist Strategies and Think-Tanks 4. Mearsheimer and the Vicious Circle: Networks of Realism, Climate Change and the Clinton Administration 5. Conclusion: Moral (In)Security and the Limits of Realism

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Mark J. Lacy is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University, UK.