Nation, Immigration, and Environmental Security

J. Urban

ISBN 10: 1349370533 / ISBN 13: 9781349370535

Published by Palgrave Macmillan US, Palgrave Macmillan US Nov 2015, 2015

About this Item

Neuware -Using the lens of postcolonial feminism and with particular focus on immigration accross the U.S.across/Mexico border, this book explores the processes by which security threats are identified and interpreted, and thus the relationship between national, civilizational, and environmental security within mainstream environment security discourse in the United States. Another distinctive element of the book is that its focus on the broader discourse of environmental security and immigration, examining the articulation of environmental security concerns over immigration across U.S. institutions such as the media, the state, NGOs, and academia to unpack the ways these threats are identified and interpreted.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nation, Immigration, and Environmental Security
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, Palgrave Macmillan US Nov 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349370533
• ISBN 13: 9781349370535
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 371 grams

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Synopsis

Using the lens of postcolonial feminism and with particular focus on immigration accross the U.S.across/Mexico border, this book explores the processes by which security threats are identified and interpreted, and thus the relationship between national, civilizational, and environmental security within mainstream environment security discourse in the United States. Another distinctive element of the book is that its focus on the broader discourse of environmental security and immigration, examining the articulation of environmental security concerns over immigration across U.S. institutions such as the media, the state, NGOs, and academia to unpack the ways these threats are identified and interpreted.

About the Author

Jessica LeAnn Urban is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Program, Humboldt State University.