Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era
Author | : Silja Klepp |
Publisher | : MDPI |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2020-11-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783039363520 |
ISBN-13 | : 3039363522 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This Special Issue explores underrepresented aspects of the political dimensions of global warming. It includes post- and decolonial perspectives on climate-related migration and conflict, intersectional approaches, and climate change politics as a new tool of governance. Its aim is to shed light on the social phenomena associated with anthropogenic climate change, as well as its multidimensional and far-reaching political effects, including climate-induced migration movements and climate-related conflicts in different parts of the world. In doing so, it critically engages with securitizing discourses and the resulting anti-migration arguments and policies in the Global North in order to identify and give a voice to alternative and hitherto underrepresented research and policy perspectives. In this way, it aims to contribute to a fact-based, critical, and holistic approach to human mobility and conflict in the context of political and environmental crisis.