{"product_id":"nature-is-a-battlefield-towards-a-political-ecology-hardback-9781509503773","title":"Nature is a Battlefield; Towards a Political Ecology (Hardback) 9781509503773","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNature is a Battlefield\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTowards a Political Ecology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRazmig Keucheyan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509503773, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13 x 2 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"We now have an eloquent new perspective on the crises of our time, illuminating the multiple links and intricate relationships among inequality\/racism\/globalization on the one hand, and the capitalist, financial, and military elites that drive them, on the other, all of this mediated by their multiple connections to the state and nature. \u003ci\u003eNature is a Battlefield \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for understanding the next fifty years.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e John Foran, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty talk of the need for humanity to ‘overcome its divisions’ and work together to tackle the big challenges of our time. But as this new book by Razmig Keucheyan shows, the real picture is very different. Just take the case of the siting of toxic waste landfills in the United States: if you want to know where waste is most likely to be dumped, ask yourself where Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and other racial minorities live and where the poorest neighbourhoods are. This kind of ‘environmental racism’ is by no means restricted to the United States: it is very much a global phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeucheyan show how the capitalist response to the crisis has been marked by a massive expansion in ‘environmental finance’. From ‘carbon markets’ to ‘pollution permits’, ‘climate derivatives’ and ‘catastrophe bonds’, we are seeing a proliferation of nature-related financial products. Instead of tackling the root of the problem, the neoliberal strategy seeks to profit from environmental risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoreover, with the rise in natural disasters, resource scarcity, food crises, the destabilization of the poles and oceans and the prospect of tens of millions of ‘climate refugees’, Western powers are increasingly adopting a military response to ecological problems. The Cold War is over: welcome to the ‘green wars’. From New Orleans to the Siachen glacier via the Arctic floes, Keucheyan explores the landmark sites of this new ‘climate geostrategy’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough a sharp critique of the way capitalism responds to environmental disaster, this innovative book provides a fresh perspective on some of the most critical issues confronting our societies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter One: Environmental racism\u003cbr\u003e A philosophical event\u003cbr\u003e The colour of ecology\u003cbr\u003e Hurricane Katrina as a �metaphor� for environmental racism\u003cbr\u003e The spatiality of racism\u003cbr\u003e Lead poisoning and class struggle\u003cbr\u003e Postcolonialism and environmental crisis: the conflict in Darfur\u003cbr\u003e Ecological inequalities: A Marxist approach\u003cbr\u003e The archaeology of environmental racism\u003cbr\u003e Race and reforestation\u003cbr\u003e Purifying nature�\u003cbr\u003e � and naturalising race\u003cbr\u003e Exporting the environment\u003cbr\u003e The coming political ecology\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Two: Financialising nature: Insuring climatic risks\u003cbr\u003e Financial markets �plugged into� nature\u003cbr\u003e Principles of insurance\u003cbr\u003e New risks?\u003cbr\u003e The ontology of catastrophe\u003cbr\u003e Risk and postmodernity\u003cbr\u003e Cat (catastrophe) bonds \u003cbr\u003e Nature as �real abstraction�\u003cbr\u003e Carbon markets and unequal development\u003cbr\u003e Constructing profitable markets\u003cbr\u003e A �multi-cat� bond in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Ecological crisis and the fiscal crisis of the state\u003cbr\u003e A derivative nature\u003cbr\u003e Nature as accumulation strategy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter Three: Green wars, or the militarisation of ecology\u003cbr\u003e A doctrine emerges\u003cbr\u003e A benevolent dictatorship\u003cbr\u003e Chaos specialists\u003cbr\u003e Terrorism and climate change\u003cbr\u003e The new military ecology\u003cbr\u003e Conservation and counter-insurgency\u003cbr\u003e Econationalism\u003cbr\u003e Agent Orange\u003cbr\u003e From the Cold War to green wars\u003cbr\u003e The end of conventional wars?\u003cbr\u003e Double movement\u003cbr\u003e Climate refugees\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear deterrence and ecological crisis\u003cbr\u003e War and biofuels\u003cbr\u003e The oceans destabilised\u003cbr\u003e The scramble for the Arctic\u003cbr\u003e The North Pole and globalisation\u003cbr\u003e Commodifying the thaw \u003cbr\u003e The speed of the circulation of capital\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Game over?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441780977944,"sku":"9781509503773","price":44.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509503773.jpg?v=1785024795","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nature-is-a-battlefield-towards-a-political-ecology-hardback-9781509503773","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}