02824oam 2200709I 450 991045755940332120200520144314.0978-0-415-67160-497804156716041-283-44310-497866134431060-203-80513-51-136-64596-910.4324/9780203805138 (CKB)2550000000088826(EBL)958382(OCoLC)798531160(SSID)ssj0000600951(PQKBManifestationID)11360278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600951(PQKBWorkID)10601765(PQKB)11748670(MiAaPQ)EBC958382(PPN)198452950(Au-PeEL)EBL958382(CaPaEBR)ebr10531866(CaONFJC)MIL344310(OCoLC)782916553(EXLCZ)99255000000008882620180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecurity, the environment and emancipation contestation over environmental change /Matt McDonaldAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (240 p.)PRIO new security studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-83263-2 0-415-67106-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The construction of security -- Emancipation -- Brazilian Amazonian deforestation -- Australia and global climate change -- Conclusion.This book offers an examination of the role of emancipation in the study and practice of security, focusing on the issue of environmental change.The end of the Cold War created a context in which traditional approaches to security could be systematically questioned. This period also saw a concerted attempt in IR to argue that environmental change constituted a threat to security. This book argues that such a notion is problematic as it suggests that a universal definition of security is possible, which prevents a recognition of security as a site of contestation, in which a raPRIO new security studies.Security, InternationalGlobal environmental changeInternational relationsElectronic books.Security, International.Global environmental change.International relations.355/.033McDonald Matt.989637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457559403321Security, the environment and emancipation2263483UNINA