Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity—ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. The author examines the ways in which resources and global migration patterns will be impacted by climate change and create conditions conducive to violent conflict. This new paperback edition features a new substantive introduction by the author that addresses how recent tumultuous political, social, and environmental events will have a critical impact on these issues.
Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity—ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. The author examines the ways in which resources and global migration patterns will be impacted by climate change and create conditions conducive to violent conflict. This new paperback edition features a new substantive introduction by the author that addresses how recent tumultuous political, social, and environmental events will have a critical impact on these issues.
Dr. Alex Alvarez is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003 he was the founding Director of the Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values. In 2017-2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. His main areas of study are in the areas of collective and interpersonal violence and his previous books include Government, Citizens, and Genocide, Murder American Style, Violence: The Enduring Problem, Genocidal Crimes, Native America and the Question of Genocide, and Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Climate Change Chapter 2: On the Origins of Violent Conflict: War and the Genocidal Impulse Chapter 3: Linking Climate Change and Conflict Chapter 4: Water, Violent Conflict, and Genocide Chapter 5: Forced Displacement and Borders in a Warming World Chapter 6: Preventing Conflict and Building Resilience
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Climate Change Chapter 2: On the Origins of Violent Conflict: War and the Genocidal Impulse Chapter 3: Linking Climate Change and Conflict Chapter 4: Water, Violent Conflict, and Genocide Chapter 5: Forced Displacement and Borders in a Warming World Chapter 6: Preventing Conflict and Building Resilience
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