Main entry:

Parenti, Christian, author.

Title & Author:

Tropic of chaos : climate change and the new geography of violence / Christian Parenti.

Publication:

New York : Nation Books, 2012.
©2011

Description:

viii, 295 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Hardcover first published in 2011 by Nation Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and index.
Part I: Last Call for Illusions. Who Killed Ekaru Loruman? -- Military Soothsayers -- War for a Small Planet: Adaptation As Counterinsurgency -- Part II: Africa. Geopolitics of a Cattle Raid -- Monsoons and Tipping Points -- The Rise and Fall of East African States -- Somali Apocalypse -- Theorizing Failed States -- Part III: Asia. Drugs, Drought, and Jihad: Environmental History of the Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's Little Climate War -- India and Pakistan: Glaciers, Rivers, and Unfinished Business -- India's Drought Rebels -- Part IV: Latin America. Rio's Agony: From Extreme Weather to "Planet of Slums" -- Golgotha Mexicana: Climate Refugees, Free Trade, and the War Next Door -- American Walls and Demagogues -- Implications and Possibilities.

Summary:

An award-winning journalist combines on-the-ground reportage with incisive analysis to reveal the disturbing connection between climate change and increased social and political violence.

ISBN:

9781568587295 (paperback)
1568587295 (paperback)

Subject:

Climatic changes Political aspects.
Geopolitics Environmental aspects.
Violence Environmental aspects.
Political violence Environmental aspects.
Climat Changements Aspect politique.
Géopolitique Aspect de l'environnement.
Violence politique Aspect de l'environnement.
Klimaänderung
Bewaffneter Konflikt
Geopolitik
Globalisierung
Risikogesellschaft

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292914
Call No.: BIB 237488
Status: Available