The secure and the dispossessed : how the military and corporations are shaping a climate-changed world / / edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes ; foreword by Susan George

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pluto Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.73874
• Soggetto topico: Climate change mitigation - Government policy; National security - Environmental aspects; Climatic changes - Economic aspects; Climatic changes - Risk management
• Persona (resp. second.): BuxtonNick; HayesBen <1976->; GeorgeSusan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Foreword - Susan George; Introduction: Security for Whom in a Time of Climate Crisis - Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes; Part I: The Security Agenda; 1. The Catastrophic Convergence: Militarism, Neoliberalism and Climate Change - Christian Parenti; 2. Colonising the Future: Climate Change and International Security Strategies - Ben Hayes; 3. Climate Change Inc.: How TNCs are Managing Risk and Preparing to Profit in a World of Runaway Climate Change - Oscar Reyes; Part II: Security for Whom? ; 4. A Permanent State of Emergency: Civil Contingencies, Risk Management and Human Rights - Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Ben Hayes and Nick Buxton5. From Refugee Protection to Militarised Exclusion: What Future for 'Climate Refugees'? - Ben Hayes, Steve Wright and April Humble; 6. The Fix is In: (Geo)engineering Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis? - Kathy Jo Wetter and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group; 7. Greenwashing Death: Climate Change and the Arms Trade - Mark Akkerman; Part III: Acquisition Through Dispossession ; 8. Sowing Insecurity: Food and Agriculture in a Time of Climate Crisis - Nick Buxton, Zoe W. Brent and Annie Shattuck9. In Deep Water: Confronting the Climate and Water Crises - Mary Ann Manahan; 10. Power to the People: Rethinking 'Energy Security' - The Platform Collective; Conclusion: Finding Security in a Climate-Changed World - Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "What if government and corporate elites have given up on the idea of stopping climate change and prefer to try to manage its consequences? The Secure and the Dispossessed shows how the military and corporations plan to maintain control in a world reshaped by climate change. With one eye on the scientific evidence and the other on their global assets, dystopian preparations by the powerful are already fueling militarized security responses to the unfolding climate crisis. The implications for social and environmental justice are disturbing. Adaptation to a climate-changed world is desperately needed, but it must protect the rights of all, not just provide security to the few. The authors unveil the dangerous new security agenda, and put forward inspiring alternatives that promise a just transition to a climate-changed world."--
• Titolo autorizzato: The secure and the dispossessed
• ISBN: 1-78371-720-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797839003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transnational Institute series.