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The Secure and the Dispossessed: How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World
Nick Buxton (Ed.)
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Description for The Secure and the Dispossessed: How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World
Hardback. A collection of essays discussing how the elite exploit the impact of climate change and how local communities can resist this process. Editor(s): Buxton, Nick; Hayes, Ben. Series: Transnational Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Series
Transnational Institute
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745336916
SKU
V9780745336916
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About Nick Buxton (Ed.)
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Secure and the Dispossessed: How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World
'This book is an indispensable guide to the dystopian forces we must confront and the alternative just solutions we will need to advance'
Pablo Solon, Former Ambassador to the Plurinational Government of Bolivia and lead climate negotiator to the UN 'This book provides a deep and wide-ranging analysis of the securitisation of climate change and its military and corporate ... Read more
Pablo Solon, Former Ambassador to the Plurinational Government of Bolivia and lead climate negotiator to the UN 'This book provides a deep and wide-ranging analysis of the securitisation of climate change and its military and corporate ... Read more