Nation, Immigration, and Environmental Security

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37053-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Using the lens of postcolonial feminism and with particular focus on immigration accross the U.S.across/Mexico border, this book explores the processes by which security threats are identified and interpreted, and thus the relationship between national, civilizational, and environmental security within mainstream environment security discourse in the United States. Another distinctive element of the book is that its focus on the broader discourse of environmental security and immigration, examining the articulation of environmental security concerns over immigration across U.S. institutions such as the media, the state, NGOs, and academia to unpack the ways these threats are identified and interpreted.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Urban, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Lifeboats and Scapegoats * Academia and Environmental Security * U.S. Government, Environmental Security Discourse, and the Militarization of the U.S. Mexico Border * Reporting Immigration and Environmental Security in the United States * Constructing Ecological Sensibilities: NGOs and Environmental Security * Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica LeAnn Urban is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Program, Humboldt State University.