Environmental terrorism

A Critique

Bibliographic Data

ID3948719
AuthorsShannon O’lear (0000-0002-6213-1191, corresponding author), Shannon O''Lear, Shannon O'Lear
Year2003
Volume8
Issue3
Pages127-150
Publication date2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650040412331307742
OpenAlexW2047486084
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited13

As terrorism once again makes news headlines and attracts renewed attention from scholars, the usage of terms related to terrorism may well outpace the development of sound conceptualization of these themes. A case in point is environmental terrorism about which a small body of literature has already been written. The objective of this paper is to examine the theme of environmental terrorism by applying critiques of the more developed but similarly problematic area of environmental security. Three critiques of environmental security literature argue that there is insufficient clarity on how natural resources are linked to conflict, that the term ‘environment’ is not sufficiently clear as a guide to or boundary of a research area, and that the term ‘security’ prioritizes a realist, state-centric perspective that provides a limited perspective on relationships between natural resources and conflict. In this paper, the theme of environmental terrorism is subjected to parallel critiques as a way to examine the usefulness of this concept. Environmental terrorism, as a label, may be only partially helpful as a guide to future research that would also be aided by context-specific examinations of vulnerable natural resource and energy systems

CLARITY · Conceptualization · Environmental ethics · Environmental security · Natural resource · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Computer Science · Health and Conflict Studies · History · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Transboundary Water Resource Management

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