Contested Grounds

Daniel H. Deudney is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and coauthor of Renewable Energy and author of Bounding Power: Geopolitical Change, State-systems and Republican Restraint. He is also the winner of the American Political Science Association's 1995 Mary Parker Follett Prize for the best article in History and Politics. Richard A. Matthew is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Ecology and the Department of Political Science, and Director of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research Program at the University of California at Irvine.

• ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Mapping Contested GroundsRichard A. MatthewPart I: Historical and Conceptual Background2. Bringing Nature Back In: Geopolitical Theory from the Greeks to the Global EraDaniel H. DeudneyPart II: The Contemporary Debate3. Thresholds of Turmoil: Environmental Scarcities and Violent ConflictThomas F. Homer-Dixon4. A Realist's Conceptual Definition of Environmental SecurityMichel Frédérick5. The Case for DOD Involvement in Environmental SecurityKent Hughes Butts6. The Case for Comprehensive SecurityEric K. Stern7. Threats from the South? Geopolitics, Equity, and Environmental SecuritySimon Dalby8. Environmental Security: A CritiqueDaniel H. DeudneyPart III: Case Studies9. Transboundary Resource Disputes and Their ResolutionMiriam R. Lowi10. Imminent Political Conflicts Arising from China's Population CrisisJack A. Goldstone11. Out of Focus: U.S. Military Satellites and Environmental RescueRonald J. DeibertConclusion12. Conclusion: Settling Contested GroundsRichard A. MatthewAbout the ContributorsIndex