Description
Book SynopsisFew serious scholars or policymakers believe that the connection between environmental problems and International Relations (IR) can be ignored. This volume aims to synthesize these two interrelated branches of study within international ecopolitical theory. It provides an overview of the critical approaches to global environmental politics.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Exploring International Ecopolitical Theory / EricLaferrière and Peter J. Stoett
1 Environmental Security: Ecology or International Relations? /Simon Dalby
2 The Place of History in International Relations and Ecology:Discourses of Environmentalism in the Colonial Era / RosalindWarner
3 From Economics to Ecology: Toward New Theory for InternationalEnvironmental Politics / Neil E. Harrison
4 Nietzsche’s Conception of Life as Overcoming: Implicationsfor Managing Ecosystems / Denis Madore
5 Ecology and Critical Theories: A Problematic Synthesis /Eivind Hovden
6 IR Theory, Green Political Theory, and Critical Approaches: WhatProspects? / Martin Weber
7 Social Constructivism, International Relations Theory, and Ecology/ Paul Williams
Conclusion: Following the Critical Path / Eric Laferrière andPeter J. Stoett
Notes
References
Contributors
Index
