Climate Change and Treats to Human Security

The Westphalian paradigm of state as a hard shelled political and territorial boundary to impregnate all those who have been walled in as citizens with an impenetrable security shield is no longer impervious and insensitive to the volley of threats hurled at them by the emerging non-traditional and non-state sources. One of such sources of threats remaining menacing to the people is the climate change with its apocalyptic consequences not centuries ago foreseen or predictably crafted within the contours of state security and its associated military establishment. The utter inadequacy and increasing irrelevance of weapons however lethal and sophisticated may be, in the face of climate change has challenged the narrow, reductionist, linear and one directional state centric security but also has laid the building block for redefining security that moves beyond the state down to the level of every single individual that can be comprehensively christened as human security. Yet one could argue with equal plausibility that the wrong end of a smokestack can be as much of a security threat to humans as the barrel of a gun. This book compiled of a sheaf of articles written from various perspectives mostly focuses on the threats the climate change poses to human security. About The Author:- NarottamGaan, both Ph.D and D.Litt, Professor and former Head of Post- Graduate Department of Political Science, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar has been teaching Political Science and International Studies with unflinching commitment and dedication. Not being lured by the lucre of Allied Services (ICS) in 1983-84, he preferred to stay in the academic life. Publication of innumerable articles and research papers in various journals in India and abroad, and thirteen books come as a testament to his prominent scholarship and deep acquaintance with a plethora of wide ranging subjects and contemporary issues concerning policy makers, statesmen, scholars, social scientists and humanity at large. Privileged to visit Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia on an Austrian government scholarship, he attended many conferences and programmes abroad and received advanced degree in international studies from European University Center for Peace Studies, Stadtschlaining, Austria. Critically delving deep into the Western concepts as 'given' to analyse, understand and interpret issues with incisive contestation of their contemporary relevance from an Indian perspective has been one of his illuminating intellectual cornerstones. His present focus on climate change, environmental security, development, peace, human security and economic rethinking and various national and international issues of current importance challenging the conventionally ingrained notions of state, sovereignty and national and international security, entitles him to be one of the few celebrated scholars receiving wide acknowledgement and accolades from abroad. Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Preface.: Acknowledgements.: List of Contributors.: Introduction: Climate Change and Human Security.: Narottam Gaan.: Environmental Security and Peace Building: A Plea for.: a Theoretical Construct.: Manoj Kumar Mishra.: Warfare: Its Environmental and Human Consequences.: in the Light of Global Warming.: Arthur H Westing.: Climate Change and Threats to Human Security in.: Bangladesh: An Analysis.: Md Rafiqul Islam and Ziaul Haque.: Climate Change.: Human Security and Sri Lanka.: Erandathie Lokupitiya.: Climate Change and Threats to Human Security.: Dasarathi Bhuyan.: India’s Perceptions.: Positions and Policies on Climate.: Change and Human Security.: Amulya Kumar Tripathy.: th Proof -.: India’s Role in South-South Cooperation: A Case of.: Climate Change Negotiations.: Dhanshree Jayaram.: Impact of Climate Changes in Africa : A Review of.: Human Security and Conflicting Threat.: Saubhagyalaxmi Misra.: Environmental Goods and Services: Challenges and.: Opportunities for Bangladesh in the Context of Climate.: Change.: Sumitra Mitra and Saptarshi Basu Roy Choudhury.: Climate Change Debate in Nepal: Policies and Challenges.: Anjan Kumar Sahu.: Climate Change vis-à-vis Human Security in Maldives:.: Prospects and Perspectives.: Subhashree Patnaik.: Sea Level Rise in Bay of Bengal: Challenges for India.: Ramakrushna Pradhan.: Climate Change Challenges to Human Security in Third.: World Countries.: Alok Kumar Ray.: Politics of Development in North-East India: Its Impact.: upon the Bio-diversity.: Environment and Human Security.: Sasanka Ghosh.: Reconceptualising Security in the Context of Global.: Climate Change.: Sonali Mohapatra.: Index The Title 'Climate Change and Treats to Human Security written/authored/edited by Dr. Narottam Gan', published in the year 2014. The ISBN 9789351280156 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 336 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-