Violence Through Environmental Discrimination: Causes, Rwanda Arena, and Conflict Model: 2 - Rilegato

Baechler, Günther

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ISBN 10: 0792354958 ISBN 13: 9780792354956

Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 1998

Riassunto

The degradation of renewables, both land and freshwater, worldwide leads to conflict over access and distribution of these resources. However, not all conflicts become violent. Environmentally-caused violence is hardly found in relations between states. Today, mainly in developing countries, there is a correlation between environmental degradation and violent conflicts. This synthesis of 40 case studies indicates, there are different causal pathways of current violent conflicts and wars that can be traced to the environmental roots of the conflict. Rwanda is used as an example to demonstrate the interaction of ethnic, social, political and ecological factors. Whereas most studies in this field focus on classical security issues, the author here puts an emphasis on growing structural heterogeneity in agricultural societies which tend to discriminate chiefly against those rural producers who are the victims of bad resource allocations, unequal resource distribution, high dependence on natural capital, and bad state performance. One major conclusion to be discussed among scholars, teachers, and advanced students and to be taken seriously by professionals in international organizations is the following: competing land tenure systems, unclear property rights, large-scale farming, and nationalizing land by discriminating against small-holders, pastoralists and the landless. This provides a considerable potential for conflict and, thus, contributes to unsustainable resource use, social unrest, and political instability.

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Contenuti

1 Introduction: The Transformation of Society-Nature Relationship.- 2 Discussion: State of the Art.- 3 Correlations: Environment, Maldevelopment, and Violent Conflict.- 4 Typology: Types of Conflicts and the Role of the Environment.- 5 Case Study: Why Environmental Discrimination Caused Violence on the ‘Mille Collines’.- 6 Model: Causal Relationship between Environmental Transformation and Violent Conflict.- 7 Empirical Evidence: Six Area Studies and Six Control Cases to Check the Model.- 8 Outlook: Conflict Potential, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Security.- 9 Appendix: Tables.- 10 Glossary.- 11 Bibliography.

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Book by Gunther Baechler

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792354958
• ISBN 13: 9780792354956
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 348
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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