Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance

✍ Scribed by Tim Krieger (editor); Diana Panke (editor); Michael Pregernig (editor)

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The globalized era is characterized by a high degree of interconnectedness across borders and continents and this includes human migration. Migration flows have led to new governance challenges and, at times, populist political backlashes. A key driver of migration is environmental conflict and this is only likely to increase with the effects of climate change. Bringing together world-leading researchers from across political science, environmental studies, economics and sociology, this urgent book uses a multifaceted theoretical and methodological approach to delve into core questions and concerns surrounding migration, climate change and conflict, providing invaluable insights into one of the most pressing global issues of our time.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance
Copyright page
Table of contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of Acronyms
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
1 Environmental and Resource-Related Conflicts, Migration and Governance
The analytical focus of the book
Contributions to the state of the art
Structure of the book
References
2 Renewable Resource Scarcity, Conflicts and Migration
Introduction
Resource scarcity and violent conflict: theoretical perspectives
Resource scarcity and violent conflict: empirical insights
From environmental conflicts to migration?
Conclusion
Notes
References
3 Extractive Resources, Conflicts and Migration
Introduction
Scarcity of renewable resources, or scarcity of governance?
Extractive economies and small- and large-scale migration
Looting, shooting and uprooting
Extraction, predation, stagnation and exit
Conclusion: what can be done?
Notes
References
4 Climate Change, Conflicts and Migration
Introduction
Study context
The climate and conflict nexus: empirical insights
Climate and migration: nuances in and current state of research
Somalia’s political situation: background
Environmental conflict leading to economic and humanitarian crisis?
Disruptive actors: al-Shabaab and other actors of conflict
Conflict and displacement in recent years
Discussion and conclusion
Notes
References
5 The Individual Level: Selection Effects
Introduction
Migration caused by sudden-onset environmental changes (disasters)
Migration caused by managed-onset environmental changes (destruction)
Migration caused by slow-onset environmental changes (degradation)
Governance and environmental migration: dystopia rising?
References
6 The Individual Level: Sorting Effects
Introduction
Theoretical foundations of migrant sorting
Empirical approaches to migrant sorting
Migrant sorting and environmental conflict
Migration governance as a factor in migrant sorting and its consequences
Conclusion
References
7 Migration Governance at the State Level: Policy Developments and Effects
Introduction
How migration policies developed
How migration policies affect migration flows
Conclusion
Annex
Note
References
8 Environmental Migration Governance at the Regional Level
Introduction
The role of regions in migration governance
Drivers of regional approaches
Regional instruments for the governance of (environmentally induced) migration: the Latin American approach
National-level developments
Regional responses
Conclusion
Notes
References
9 Migration Governance at the Global Level: Intergovernmental Organizations and Environmental Change-Induced Migration
Introduction: management as an alternative to governance
Environmental change and intergovernmental organizations
Mapping existing organizations and their activities
Involvement of the IOM, UNHCR, UNDP and UNEP in the UN global compacts
The UN global compacts: already over before even started?
References
10 The Link between Forced Migration and Conflict
Introduction
Potential effects of forced migrants on host countries
The link between forced migration and conflict
Conclusion and implications for (forced) migration governance
Limitations and prospects for future research
Acknowledgements
References
11 Conflict-Prone Minerals, Forced Migration and Norm Dynamics in the Kimberley Process and ICGLR
Introduction
Methodology
Conceptual approach
The Kimberley Process
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
Conclusion
References
12 On the Nexus Between Environmental Conflict, Migration and Governance: Concluding Remarks
Introduction
What have we learnt?
The importance of governance
The environmental conflict–migration nexus: the nature of the beast
Direction of causality
Linear causality versus cybernetics
The limits of empirical research
Notes
Index
Back Cover