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Failing States, Collapsing Systems : BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence / / by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| Failing States, Collapsing Systems : BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence / / by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 110 p. 34 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina |
333.79
338.926 |
| Collana | Energy Analysis |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy policy
Energy and state Social structure Equality Economic growth Economics Nature Environment Energy Policy, Economics and Management Social Structure, Social Inequality Economic Growth Popular Science in Economics Popular Science in Nature and Environment |
| ISBN | 9783319478166 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Riot Epidemic: State Failure, or System Failure? -- The Matrix: How Fossil Fuel Interests Dominate Corporate Media Reporting on Energy and Climate Change -- Failed Forecasts: How the Media’s Pro-Fossil Fuel Bias Ruins Energy Journalism -- Oil Depletion as Strategic Threat, MENA -- Oil Depletion as Strategic Threat, Europe -- Oil Depletion as Strategic Threat, Asia -- Oil Depletion as Strategic Threat, Africa -- How US, Britain and Europe are responding to the end of cheap oil: State-militarisation, fossil fuel consolidation -- Disruption from Below – Exponential Renewables -- Disruption from Below – Utility Death Spiral -- Disruption from Below – New Financial Models -- Disruption from Below – Decentralisation of Power -- Disruption from Below – the Open Source Revolution -- Disruption from Below – the Rising Culture -- Conclusions – Paradigm Shift. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155297403321 |
Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.09/051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Crises Civilization, Modern - 21st century East and West Crisis management Human ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-84964-791-7
1-84964-558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461409003321 |
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Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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| London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.09/051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Crises Civilization, Modern - 21st century East and West Crisis management Human ecology |
| ISBN |
1-84964-791-7
1-84964-558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789527403321 |
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Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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| London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
| A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it [[electronic resource] /] / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.09/051 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Crises Civilization, Modern - 21st century East and West Crisis management Human ecology |
| ISBN |
1-84964-791-7
1-84964-558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- BETWEEN DANGER AND HOPE -- THE INVISIBLE CRISIS -- THE FAILURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVILIZATION -- THE CORE ARGUMENT -- STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENT -- 1. Climate Catastrophe -- A DEBATE RESOLVED? CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY ANTHROPOGENIC -- NATIONAL SECURITY ALERT -- RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE -- ABRUPT CHANGE THROUGH 'TIPPING POINTS' -- A SYSTEMIC FAILURE -- 2. Energy Scarcity -- ENERGY AND SOCIETY -- QUICK ALTERNATIVES TO CONVENTIONAL OIL? -- 3. Food Insecurity -- THE GLOBAL FOOD EMPIRE -- PEAK FOOD? -- 4. Economic Instability -- THE PROBLEM OF 'GROWTH' -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS -- 5. International Terrorism -- HYDROCARBON OVER-DEPENDENCE -- AL-QAEDA AND POST-COLD WAR WESTERN COVERT OPERATIONS -- THE 'REDIRECTION': AL-QAEDA SPONSORSHIP IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER 2003 -- 6. The Militarization Tendency -- EMPIRE -- DEFENDING THE HOMELAND -- 7. Diagnosis - Interrogating the Global Political Economy -- THE CONTINUUM OF CRISIS, AND CIVILIZATIONS AS COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS -- STRUCTURAL AND SOCIO-SYSTEMIC DYNAMICS OF CAPITALISM -- NEOLIBERAL COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE CAPITALISM -- THE POLITICAL-LEGAL REGULATION OF THE GLOBAL IMPERIAL SYSTEM -- CAPITALISM'S PHILOSOPHICAL BASE -- 8. Prognosis - The Post-Carbon Revolution and the Renewal of Civilization -- Afterword -- Notes and References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829600703321 |
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Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq
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| London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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