Security and Climate Change: International Relations and the Limits of Realism

By Mark Lacy

This new book explains why the international community has responded with a sense of fatalistic passivity to climate change.

It presents a distinct critique of realism through the study of this topic, commonly overlooked in international relations. The author argues that the realist view rests on a dangerous contradiction; far from delivering security it serves to limit the way we think about the new generation of risks we face. The book also provides a detailed case study evaluating US climate politics under the Clinton and Bush administrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415324084
• ISBN13: 9780415324083
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.6"