Ecological Security - Climate Change and the Construction of Security

This book argues that we should approach the relationship between climate change and security through the lens of ecosystem resilience.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The construction of security; 2. Climate security discourses; 3. Ecological security: a definition; 4. Means and ends of ecological security; 5. Towards Ecological Security?; Conclusion.

About the author

Matt McDonald is Reader in International Relations in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of Security, the Environment and Emancipation (2012) and co-author (with Anthony Burke and Katrina Lee-Koo) of Ethics and Global Security (2014).

Summary

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a security issue. But how exactly is 'security' understood? McDonald identifies different accounts or discourses of climate security and the different practices these encourage, and argues for a focus on ecological security – the resilience of ecosystems themselves in the face of climate change.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Mcdonald, Matt (University of Queensland) Mcdonald, McDonald Matt
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781316519615
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51961-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, International Relations, Environmental law, Environment law, International Organisations & Institutions