Interspecies politics : the nature of states / Rafi Youatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Youatt, Rafi, 1975- author.

Series:

Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--United States--Environmental conditions--21st century.

Borderlands.

Human-animal relationships--Political aspects--United States.

Human-animal relationships.

International relations--Environmental aspects.

International relations.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Sovereignty.

Animal rights.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2020]

Summary:

This book explores the ways that international politics is a form of interspecies politics, one that involves the interactions, ideas, and practices of multiple species, both human and nonhuman, to generate differences and create commonalities.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I: International Relations Are Interspecies Relations: Ecologically Entangled States

Chapter 2. State Borders and Multispecies Mobility Regimes: Endangered, Invasive, Exotic

Chapter 3. Banana Rats at Guantánamo Bay: Precarious Life and Interspecies Security

Part II: Interspecies Relations Are International Relations: Collectives in Interaction

Chapter 4. Animal Sovereignties and the Wolves of Isle Royale

Chapter 5. Nonhuman Personhood and the New Rights of Nature

Part III: Interspecies Internationality

Chapter 6. From the Question of the Animal to Interspecies Politics

Conclusion: Anthropocentrism, Assemblages, Environmental Politics

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-472-12644-X

OCLC:

1123175066