Environmental Violence: In the Earth System and the Human Niche - Softcover

Marcantonio, Richard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1047760606 ISBN 13: 9781047760607

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

The concept of environmental violence (EV) explains the harm that humanity is inflicting upon itself through our pollution emissions. This book argues that EV is present, active, and expanding at alarming rates in the contemporary human niche and in the Earth system. It explains how EV is produced and facilitated by the same inequalities that it creates and reinforces, and suggests that the causes can be attributed to a relatively small portion of the human population and to a fairly circumscribed set of behaviours. While the causes of EV are complex, the author makes this complexity manageable to ensure interventions are more readily discernible. The EV-model developed is both a theoretical concept and an analytical tool, substantiated with rigorous social and environmental scientific evidence, and designed with the intention to help disrupt the cycle of violence with effective policies and real change.

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About the Author

Richard A. Marcantonio is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Organization at the Mendoza College of Business and a Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. A scholar-practitioner of environmental management and peacebuilding, he has conducted environmental and social science research on five continents and with varied communities, partnering with governmental, private, and nongovernmental organizations to pursue positive human and environmental outcomes. He is coauthor of Environmental Management: Concepts and Practical Skills (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1047760606
• ISBN 13: 9781047760607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264