Comparative Security and Sustainability

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• Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521405997. (40%)
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• Becker, Egon, and Thomas Jahn, eds. Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation . London, UK: Zed Books, 2000. ISBN: 9781856497091. (30%)
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• Tainter, Joseph A. The Collapse of Complex Societies . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780521340922.
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• Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization . Orchard Park, NY: The Broadview Press, 2002. ISBN: 9781551112800.
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• Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780198782100.
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• Weiner, Myron, and Sharon Stanton Russell, eds. Demography and National Security . New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2002. ISBN: 9781571812629.
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• Buy at MIT Press Choucri, Nazli, and Robert C. North. “Growth, Development, and Environmental Sustainability: Profile and Paradox.” Chapter 3 in Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses . Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780262531344. ↗
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• Buy at MIT Press Jervis, Robert. “Realism in the Study of World Politics.” In Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics . Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, and Stephen D. Krasner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, pp. 331-351. ISBN: 9780262611442. ↗
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• Hardin, Garrett. “The Tragedy of the Commons.” In Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings . 3rd ed. Edited by Robert Dorfman and Nancy S. Dorfman. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993, pp. 5-19. ISBN: 9780393963106.
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• Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780198782100.
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• Solow, Robert M. “Sustainability: An Economist’s Perspective.” In Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings . 3rd ed. Edited by Robert Dorfman and Nancy S. Dorfman. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993, pp. 179-187. ISBN: 9780393963106.
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• Goodland, Robert, and George Ledec. “Neoclassical Economics and Principles of Sustainable Development.” Ecological Modeling 38 (1987): 19-46.
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• Gowdy, John. “Economic concepts of Sustainability: Relocating Economic Activity within Society and Environment.” Chapter 9 in Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation . Edited by Egon Becker and Thomas Jahn. London, UK: Zed Books, 2000. ISBN: 9781856497091.
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• Wikboldt, A. K., and N. Choucri. “Profiles of States as Fuzzy Sets: Methodological Refinement of Lateral Pressure Theory.” International Interactions 32 (2006): 1-29.
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• Holdren, John P., Gretchen C. Daily, and Paul R. Ehrlich. “The Meaning of Sustainability: Biogeophysical Aspects.” In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations . Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1995, pp. 3-17. ISBN: 9780821331347.
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• Becker, Egon, and Thomas Jahn, eds. Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation . London, UK: Zed Books, 2000. ISBN: 9781856497091.
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• Sassen, Saskia. Globalization and its Discontents: Essays on New Mobility of People and Money . New York, NY: The New Press, 1998, Introduction, pp. XIX-XXXVI. ISBN: 9781565843950.
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• Kratochwil, Friedrich. “Of Systems, Boundaries, and Territoriality.” World Politics 39, no. 1 (1986): 27-52.
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• Buy at MIT Press Litfin, Karen T. “The Greening of Sovereignty: An Introduction.” In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics . Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 1-27. ISBN: 9780262621236. ↗
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• Buy at MIT Press Kuehls, Thom. “Between Sovereignty and Environment: An Exploration of the Discourse of Government.” In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics . Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 31-53. ISBN: 9780262621236. ↗
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• Buy at MIT Press Wapner, Paul. “Reorienting State Sovereignty: Rights and Responsibilities in the Environmental Age.” In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics . Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 275-297. ISBN: 9780262621236. ↗
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• Weiner, Myron, and Sharon Stanton Russell. Demography and National Security . New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2002. ISBN: 9781571812629.
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• Massey, Douglas S., Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor. “Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal.” Population and Development Review 19, no. 3 (September 1993): 431-466.
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• Choucri, Nazli. “Migration and Security: Some Key Linkages.” Journal of International Affairs 56, no. 1 (Fall 2002): 97-124.
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• ———. “Cross-Border Movements of Populations in a ‘Fair Globalization’.” Development 48, no. 1 (2005): 44-51.
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• Hardin, Garrett. “The Tragedy of the Commons.” In Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings. 3rd ed. Edited by Robert Dorfman and Nancy S. Dorfman. New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, 1993, pp. 5-19. ISBN: 9780393963106.
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• Ostrom, Elinor. “New Horizons in Institutional Analysis.” American Political Science Review 89, no. 1 (1995): 174-178.
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• Choucri. Nazli. “Resource Constraints as Causes of Conflict.” Ecodecision (September 1991): 52-55.
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• Pezzey, John C. V., and Michael A. Toman. “Progress and Problems in the Economics of Sustainability.” Chapter 4 in The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2002/2003: A Survey of Current Issues . Edited by Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2002. ISBN: 9781840649499.
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• Buy at MIT Press Victor, David G., Abram Chayes, and Eugene B. Skolnikoff. “Pragmatic Approaches to Regime Building for Complex International Problems.” In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses . Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, pp. 453-74. ISBN: 9780262531344. ↗
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• Simpson, R. David. “Economic Analysis and Ecosystems: Some Concepts and Issues.” Chapter 25 in Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings . 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.
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• Buy at MIT Press Lofdahl, Corey L. Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade: A Systems Study . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780262122450. ↗
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• Tainter, Joseph A. The Collapse of Complex Societies . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780521340922.
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• Banister, Judith. “Impacts of Migration to China’s Border Regions.” In Demography and National Security . Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2002, pp. 256-304. ISBN: 9781571812629.
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• Goldstone, Jack A. “Demography, Environment, and Security: An Overview.” In Demography and National Security . Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2002, pp. 38-61. ISBN: 9781571812629.
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• Choucri, Nazli, and Robert C. North. “Population and (In)Security: National Perspectives and Global Imperatives.” In Building a New Global Order: Emerging Trends in International Security . Edited by David B. Dewitt, David Haglund, and John Kirton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 229-56. ISBN: 9780195409642.
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• Jacobsen, Karen, and Steven Wilkinson. “Refugee movements as Security Threats in Sub-Saharan Africa.” In International Migration and Security . Edited by Myron Weiner. San Francisco, CA: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 201-228. ISBN: 9780813387741.
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• Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization . Orchard Park, NY: The Broadview Press, 2002. ISBN: 9781551112800.
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• Choucri, N., S. Madnick, and M. Siegel. “Improving National and Homeland Security through Context Knowledge Representation Technologies.” In Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter Terrorism (IEEE Press Series on Computational Intelligence) . Edited by Robert L. Popp and John Yen. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006, pp. 139-164. ISBN: 9780471776154.
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• Durch, William J. “Keepers of the Gates: National Militaries in an Age of International Population Movement.” In Demography and National Security . Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2002, pp. 109-153. ISBN: 9781571812629.
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• Holdren, John P., and R. K. Pachauri. “Energy.” In An Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century: Based on a Conference Held in Vienna, Austria in November 1991 . Edited by James Dooge, Maureen Brennan, and the International Council of Scientific Unions. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 103-118. ISBN: 9780521437615.
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• Landes, David S. “Homo Faber, Homo Sapiens: Knowledge, Technology, Growth, and Development.” Chapter 5 in The Knowledge Economy . Edited by Dale Neef. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. ISBN: 9780750699365.
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• Bohn, Roger E. “Measuring and Managing Technological Knowledge.” Chapter 10 in The Knowledge Economy . Edited by Dale Neef. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. ISBN: 9780750699365.
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• Arthur, W. Brian. “Increasing Returns and the New World of Business.” Chapter 6 in The Knowledge Economy . Edited by Dale Neef. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. ISBN: 9780750699365.
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• Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521405997.
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• Keohane, Robert O. “International Institutions: Two Approaches.” International Studies Quarterly 32 (1988): 379-96.
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• Holling, C. S. “Sustainability: The Cross-Scale Dimension.” In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations . Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1995, pp. 65-75. ISBN: 9780821331347.
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• Buy at MIT Press Weiss, Edith Brown. “Intergenerational Equity: Toward an International Legal Framework.” In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses . Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, pp. 333-53. ISBN: 9780262531344. ↗
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• Buy at MIT Press Haas, Peter M., and Jan Sundgren. “Evolving International Environmental Law: Changing Practices of National Sovereignty.” In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses . Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, pp. 401-429. ISBN: 9780262531344. ↗
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• Sands, Philippe. “International Law in the Field of Sustainable Development: Emerging Legal Principles.” In Sustainable Development and International Law. Edited by Winfried Lang. New York, NY: Springer, 1995, pp. 53-66. ISBN: 9781859661796.
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• Jacoby, Henry D., Ronald Prinn, and Richard Schmalensee. “Kyoto’s Unfinished Business.” Chapter 25 in Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.
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