Peace Ecology

ISBN-13: 9781612052977 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str.

Randall Amster

Opis

"Peace Ecology" presents a cutting-edge exploration of an emerging paradigm that links the essence of peace and nonviolence with the tenets of ecology and the principles of environmentalism. Looking at issues including food justice, water sharing, climate change, peace zones, and the free economy, this book considers examples and illustrations from around the world where people, communities, and nations are employing the teachings of ecology as a tool for mitigating conflict and promoting peace. "Peace Ecology" presents an integrative perspective that bears directly upon the most pressing issues of our time, constituting both the ecological realm of peace and the peacemaking potential of ecology. The volume examines the rich history, contemporary relevance, and transformative future potential inherent in this dynamic nexus of theory and action. Its overarching aim is no less than moving the current scarcity-conflict paradigm to one of cooperative resource management and, ultimately, toward peaceful coexistence both among ourselves and within the balance of nature.To read the Common Dreams excerpt of "Peace Ecology" Click Here."

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter One Scarcity, Abundance, and Structural Peace; Chapter Two The Triumph of the Commons; Chapter Three Back to Basics; Chapter Four Free at Last; Chapter Five Flirting with Disaster; Chapter Six Resource Conflicts, or Sustainable Collaborations?; Chapter Seven Transborder Peace Ecology; Chapter Eight Collective Reenchantment; conclusion Restabilizing the Habitat, and Ourselves;

O autorze

Randall Amster