Ecoviolence: Links Among Environment, Population and Security
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Product Description
"Ecoviolence" explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewal resources - such as cropland, fresh water and forests - and violent rebellions, insurgencies and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts. Drawing upon theory and key findings from the case studies, the authors suggest that environmental sarcity will worsen in many poor countries in coming decades and will become an increasingly important cause of major civil violence.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3800074 in Books
- Published on: 1998-09-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"These days speculation is rampant about wheter environmental stresses and scarcities are factors contributing to violent conflict within societies. This volume - based on carefully structured case studies from five very different countries - offers a valuable reality check. Ecoviolence effectively demonstrates that the causal relationships between the environment and societal unrest are considerably more complet than is widely presumed." Marvin S. Soroos, North Carolina State University
About the Author
Thomas Homer-Dixon is assistant professor of political science and director of the peace and conflict studies program at the University of Toronto. Jessica Blitt is an M.A. candidate at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in Ottawa and an honors graduate of and former research assistant for the peace and conflict studies program at the University of Toronto.
