Ecoviolence Links Among Environment, Population, and Security

by Homer-Dixon, Thomas; Blitt, Jessica; Gizewski, Peter; Howard, Philip; Kelly, Kimberly; Percival, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9780847688692
• ISBN10: 0847688690
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Ecoviolence explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewable resources-such as cropland, fresh water, and forests-and violent rebellions, insurgencies, and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan, and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: A Theoretical Overview	1	(18)
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Jessica Blitt
Types of Environmental Change	2	(3)
Causes and Interactions	5	(2)
Adaptation Failures	7	(2)
Key Social Effects	9	(1)
Conflict	10	(2)
Project on Environment, Population, and Security	12	(1)
Case Studies	13	(2)
Conclusions	15	(4)
2 The Case Of Chiapas, Mexico	19	(48)
Philip Howard
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Overview	19	(1)
Background	20	(6)
Environmental Scarcity	26	(13)
Resource Capture and Ecological Marginalization	39	(9)
Violent Conflict	48	(6)
Conclusions	54	(13)
3 The Case of Gaza	67	(42)
Kimberley Kelly
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Overview	67	(1)
Background	68	(5)
Environmental Scarcity	73	(10)
Social Effects of Environmental Scarcity	83	(12)
Violent Conflict	95	(3)
Conclusions	98	(11)
4 The Case Of South Africa	109	(38)
Valerie Percival
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Overview	109	(1)
Background	110	(4)
Environmental Scarcity	114	(9)
Social Effects of Environmental Scarcity	123	(7)
Violent Conflict	130	(6)
Conclusions	136	(11)
5 The Case Of Pakistan	147	(54)
Peter Gizewski
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Overview	147	(1)
Background	148	(8)
Environmental Scarcity and the Pakistani State	156	(3)
Environmental Scarcity	159	(11)
Resource Capture and Ecological Marginalization	170	(4)
Social Effects of Environmental Scarcity	174	(12)
Violent Conflict	186	(5)
Conclusions	191	(10)
6 The Case Of Rwanda	201	(22)
Valerie Percival
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Overview	201	(1)
Background	202	(3)
Environmental Scarcity	205	(2)
Social Effects of Environmental Scarcity	207	(2)
Ethnic Cleavages in Rwanda	209	(1)
Violent Conflict: Four Hypotheses Linking Environmental Scarcity and Conflict	210	(7)
Conclusions	217	(6)
7 Key Findings	223	(6)
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Jessica Blitt
Index	229	(8)
About the Contributors	237