Too many people? : population, immigration, and the environmental crisis / Ian Angus and Simon Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angus, Ian, 1945-

Contributor:

Butler, Simon, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Overpopulation.

Population--Environmental aspects.

Population.

Population policy.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xxi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books ; [Minneapolis, MN] : Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, [2011]

Summary:

To many people? provides a cleat; well-documented, and popularly written refutation of the idea that "overpopulation" is a major cause of environmental destruction, arguing that a focus on human numbers not only misunderstands the causes of the crisis, it dangerously weakens the movement for real solutions.

No other book challenges modern overpopulation theory so clearly and comprehensively, providing invaluable insights for both activists and environmental scholars. Book jacket.

Contents:

Are people the problem?

Varieties of populationism today

Dissecting those "overpopulation" numbers

Is the world full?

The bomb that didn't explode

Too many mouths to feed?

The populationist war against the poor

Control without coercion?

Lifeboat ethics

Allies, not enemies

Too many consumers?

The myth of consumer sovereignty

The military-corporate pollution complex

A system of growth and waste

Populationism or ecological revolution?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608461400

1608461408

OCLC:

709681363