Secure and the Dispossessed

How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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While the world's scientists and many of its inhabitants despair at the impact of climate change, corporate and military leaders see nothing but opportunities. For them, melting ice caps mean newly accessible fossil fuels, borders to be secured from 'climate refugees', social conflicts to be managed and more failed states in which to intervene. They are 'securing' their assets at the expanse of the planet and its inhabitants.The Secure and the Dispossessed looks at these deadly approaches with a critical eye. It also considers the flip-side: that the legitimacy of the elite is under unprecedented pressure – from resistance by communities to resource grabs to those creating new ecological and socially just models for managing our energy, food and water. Topics covered include geoengineering, militarism, refugee protection, greenwashing and the agricultural crisis among others. Adaptation and resilience to a climate-changed world is desperately needed, but the form it will take will affect all of our futures.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-11-20
Mått152 x 231 x 18 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTransnational Institute
Antal sidor248
FörlagPluto Press
ISBN9780745336961

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Nick Buxton is Communications Manager for TNI. He has edited a number of books including State of Power (TNI, 2015) and The Secure and the Dispossessed (Pluto, 2015).Ben Hayes has worked for the civil liberties organisation Statewatch since 1996, specialising in security, policing and counter-terrorism policy. He now works as an independent researcher and consultant and is a Fellow of the Transnational Institute. He is the co-editor of The Secure and the Dispossessed (Pluto, 2015).

List of Figures and BoxesAcknowledgementsForeword by Susan GeorgeIntroduction: Security for Whom in a Time of Climate Crisis? - Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes Part I: The Security Agenda1. The Catastrophic Convergence: Militarism, Neoliberalism and Climate Change - Christian Parenti2. Colonising the Future: Climate Change and International Security Strategies - Ben Hayes3. Climate Change Inc.: How TNCs are Managing Risk and Preparing to Profit in a World of Runaway Climate Change - Oscar ReyesPart II: Security for Whom?4. A Permanent State of Emergency: Civil Contingencies, Risk Management and Human Rights - Nafeez Ahmed, Ben Hayes and Nick Buxton5. From Refugee Protection to Militarised Exclusion: What Future for ‘Climate Refugees’? - Ben Hayes, April Humble and Steve Wright6. The Fix Is In: (Geo)engineering Our Way out of the Climate Crisis? - Kathy Jo Wetter and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group7. Greenwashing Death: Climate Change and the Arms Trade- Mark AkkermanPart III: Acquisition through Dispossession8. Sowing Insecurity: Food and Agriculture in a Time of Climate Crisis - Zoe W. Brent, Nick Buxton and Annie Shattuck 9. In Deep Water: Confronting the Climate and Water Crises - Mary Ann Manahan10. Power to the People: Rethinking 'Energy Security' - The Platform CollectiveConclusion: Finding Security in a Climate-Changed World - Nick Buxton and Ben HayesNotes on ContributorsIndex