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1 online resource |
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Politics and public policy |
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Politics and public policy (University of Ottawa Press)
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Geopolitics Revisited -- 2 Scaling up the Human Niche -- 3 Planetary Boundaries -- 4 Territory, Security, Mobility -- 5 Bordering Sustainability -- 6 Securing the Global Economy -- 7 Environmental Insecurity -- 8 Geopolitics and Globalization -- 9 Anthropocene Discourse -- 10 Political Geoecology -- References -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
"Humanity has been scaling up its niche, changing the climate and the species mix around the world since the end of the last ice age and in the process generating a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene. Human activities occurring on a global scale are now impacting and altering boundaries that constitute the conditions under which humanity has been able to flourish over the last ten thousand years. Rapid changes in the earth system mean that old assumptions of stable borders as the basis of sovereignty have to be reconsidered. Ironically, the current phase of globalization involves re-bordering many things, extending property and jurisdictions in numerous new ways that may actually prevent effective adaptation to climate change. Securing the fossil fuel economy remains a policy priority, as does trying to cope with disasters on a global scale--all of which makes sustainability more difficult as geopolitical rivalries shape contemporary global policy. The Anthropocene is thus the new context for sustainability policy in the latest phase of globalization, and both academic analysis and practical initiatives will have to incorporate its insights if they are to be effective."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2020) |
| Subject |
Geopolitics.
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Boundaries.
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Globalization.
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Sustainability.
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geopolitics.
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boundaries.
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globalism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
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Boundaries
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Geopolitics
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Globalization
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Sustainability
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780776631172 |
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9780776631189 |
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0776631179 |
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0776631187 |
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0776631195 |
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9780776631196 |
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