1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005808710403321

Autore

Caracausi, Girolamo

Titolo

Lessico greco della Sicilia e dell'Italia meridionale : secoli 10.-14 / Girolamo Caracausi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palermo : Centro Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, 1990

Descrizione fisica

633 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Lessici Siciliani ; 6

Disciplina

487

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2B-220-2-L.G.S.I.M.-1990

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Greco antico

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782801803321

Autore

Urban J

Titolo

Nation, Immigration, and Environmental Security [[electronic resource] /] / by J. Urban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

1-282-05067-2

9786612050671

0-230-61186-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

304.20973

Soggetti

Environmental policy

International relations

Political science

Sociology

Politics and war

Environmental Politics

International Relations

Political Science

Gender Studies

Military and Defence Studies

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Lifeboats and Scapegoats; 1 Academia and Environmental Security; 2 The State, Environmental Security, and the Militarization of the United States-Mexico Border; 3 Reporting Immigration and Environmental Security in the United States; 4 Constructing Ecological Sensibilities: NGOs and Environmental Security; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix: Documents Used in Interpretive Analysis; Other Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.