Climate change and migration : security and borders in a warming world / Gregory White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Gregory, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Environmental aspects.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Global environmental change--Social aspects.

Global environmental change.

Global warming--Social aspects.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on climate-induced migration from Africa to Europe White shows how global warming's impact on international relations has been significant, enhancing the security regimes in not only the advanced economies of the North Atlantic, but in the states that serve as transit points between the most advanced and desperate nations.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Acronyms; Introduction; 1. Climate-Induced Migration: An Essentially Contested Concept ; 2. Scope and Dimensions: The Case of Sahelian and Sub-Saharan African Migration to Europe; 3. The Securitization of Climate-Induced Migration; 4. Transit States and the Th ickening of Borders; 5. Pulling Back the Curtain on the Security Oz: Multilateral Governance and Genuine Sustainability in a Warming World; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-979483-9

1-283-42317-0

0-19-979487-1

9786613423177

OCLC:

773827970