1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451810403321

Titolo

Energy security and geopolitics in the Arctic [[electronic resource] ] : challenges and opportunities in the 21st century / / editor, Hooman Peimani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

981-4401-47-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PeimaniHooman

Disciplina

333.79098

333.790998

Soggetti

Energy security - Arctic regions

Geopolitics - Arctic regions

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Is the Arctic melting? -- section 2. What are the stakes for the littoral states? -- section 3. What are the interests of the nonregional large economies?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book sheds light on how global warming has caused the ongoing environmental disaster in the Arctic, namely its melting. This development, if left unabated, will have a major negative environmental impact, not only on the Arctic itself, but on the entire planet, including the worsening of global warming and rising sea levels. The latter is a major threat to all island countries and all countries having coastlines with open seas with major environmental, social, economic, political and military/security implications. The Arctic melting is bringing about challenges while opening doors for



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458150303321

Autore

Wolfsfeld Gadi

Titolo

Media and the path to peace / / Gadi Wolfsfeld [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-107-14845-6

1-280-44920-9

0-511-18431-X

0-511-16601-X

0-511-16406-8

0-511-31289-X

0-511-48910-2

0-511-16486-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Communication, society and politics

Disciplina

070.4/4930366

Soggetti

Mass media and peace

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Building theory -- the initial stages of Oslo -- The Israeli media and the debate over Oslo -- The Palestinians and the Israeli media -- The media and the Israel-Jordan peace process -- The media and the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland -- The collapse of Oslo and the return to violence.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to examine in detail the roles that the news media can play in an ongoing peace process. Gadi Wolfsfeld explains how the press's role in such processes varies over time and political circumstance. He examines three major cases: the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinians; the peace process between Israel and Jordan; and the process surrounding the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. Wolfsfeld's central argument is that there is a fundamental contradiction between news values and the nature of a peace process. This often leads the media to play a destructive role in attempts to make peace, but variations in the political and media environment affect significantly exactly how the media behave.



Wolfsfeld shows how the media played a mainly destructive role in the Oslo peace process, but were more constructive during the Israel-Jordan process and in Northern Ireland.