1st Edition

Security and Climate Change International Relations and the Limits of Realism

By Mark Lacy Copyright 2005
    180 Pages
    by Routledge

    194 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    1. Introduction: The Tragedy of Realism  2. The World is a Laboratory: Climate Change and Hierarchies of (In)Security  3. Illusions of Realism: Techno-Optimism, Realist Strategies and Think-Tanks  4. Mearsheimer and the Vicious Circle: Networks of Realism, Climate Change and the Clinton Administration  5. Conclusion: Moral (In)Security and the Limits of Realism

    Biography

    Dr Mark J. Lacy is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University, UK.