Enforcing Ecocide: Power, Policing & Planetary Militarization

Book Overview

Policing and ecological crises - and all the inequalities, discrimination, and violence they entail - are pressing contemporary problems. Ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change threaten local communities and ecosystems, and, cumulatively, the planet as a whole. Police brutality, wars, paramilitarism, private security operations, and securitization more widely impact people - especially people of colour - and habitats. This edited collection explores their relationship, and investigates the numerous ways in which police, security, and military forces intersect with, reinforce, and facilitate ecological and climate catastrophe. Employing a case study-based approach, the book examines the relationships and entanglements between policing and ecosystems, revealing the intimate connection between political violence and ecological degradation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303099645X
• ISBN13: 9783030996451
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"