Climate Wars What People Will Be Killed for in the 21st Century

Name: Climate Wars What People Will Be Killed for in the 21st Century
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ISBN: 9780745651453

ISBN-10: 0745651453

ISBN-13: 9780745651453

Edition: 2012

Authors: Harald Welzer, Patrick Camiller

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Struggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence, ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the earth’s poorest countries, endless flows of refugees: these are the new conflicts and forces shaping the world of the 21st century. They no longer hinge on ideological rivalries between great powers but rather on issues of class, religion and resources. The genocides of the last century have taught us how quickly social problems can spill over into radical and deadly solutions. Rich countries are already developing strategies to garner resources and keep ‘climate refugees’ at bay.In this major new book Harald Welzer shows how climate change and violence go hand in hand. Climate change has…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 3/2/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.10" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgements



A Ship in the Desert: The Past and Future of Violence



Climate Conflicts



Global Warming and Social Catastrophes



A Brief Survey of Climate Change



Killing Yesterday



Killing Today: Ecocide



Killing Tomorrow: Never-Ending Wars, Ethnic Cleansing, Terrorism, Shifting Boundaries



Changed Realities



The Revival of Old Conflicts: Faiths, Classes, Resources and the Erosion of Democracy



More Violence



What Can and Cannot Be Done - 1



What Can and Cannot Be Done - 2


Notes


Index