Climate Change and Resource Conflict

The Role of Scarcity

Judith M. Bretthauer (Sanddorf Stiftung, Germany)

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Routledge
16 August 2016

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Armed conflict; Management of land & natural resources; Global warming

Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

This book examines the links between climate change and resource scarcity to violent conflict.

Does climate change cause conflicts? This book analyses the economic, political and social conditions under which countries with low levels of freshwater or arable land experience armed conflict. There are strong theoretic arguments linking climate change and scarcity of livelihood resources to conflict. However, empirical accounts are contradictory. Using qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this book compares 22 political, economic and social conditions across 30 countries experiencing scarcity of available freshwater or arable land. The results show that there are three types of resource-scarce countries that experience conflicts: (neo)patrimonial states, oil-rich states that are poorly integrated into the global economy and least developed states. In addition, the results reveal that there are two types of resource scarce countries that remain peaceful: non-agrarian countries with either even development between groups or high integration into the global economy with high levels of adaptive capacities. This explains the contradictory results of previous empirical studies and suggests that resource scarcity might contribute to conflict in least developed countries.

This book will be of much interest to students of climate change, critical security, peace and conflict studies, and IR in general.

By: Judith M. Bretthauer (Sanddorf Stiftung Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138188341
ISBN 10: 1138188344
Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 16 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Armed Conflict 2. Economic Explanations: Development, Dependence and Diversification 3. Political Explanations: Dimensions of State Capacities 4. Social Explanations: Inequality and Adaptive Skills 5. Bringing Economic, Political and Social Explanations Together 6. Conclusion

Judith M. Bretthauer is a project manager at the Sanddorf Stiftung, Germany, and has a PhD in Political Science from the VU University, Netherlands.