Delf Rothe - Securitizing Global Warming: A Climate of Complexity

First published 2016
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Names: Rothe, Delf, author.
Title: Securitizing global warming : a climate of complexity / Delf
Rothe.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge is an
imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business, [2016] |
Series: Routledge studies in resilience | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015024485| ISBN 9781138935303 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315677514 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Global warmingPolitical aspects. | Climatic
changesPolitical aspects. | National securityEnvironmental aspects. |
Security, InternationalEnvironmental aspects.
Classification: LCC QC903 .R677 2016 | DDC 363.738/74dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015024485

ISBN: 978-1-138-93530-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-67751-4 (ebk)

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In the course of writing this book I have worked together with a lot of people that helped in shaping the project. Not to mention and thank them would hence be an outrageous injustice. First of all, this book would not have come together without the support of the Heinrich-Bll-Foundation , which funded my PhD project at the University of Hamburg from April 2009 until March 2012. Far beyond material support, theyve done everything to provide the backing that is necessary to successfully conduct a dissertation project. Moreover, I am much obliged to my PhD supervisor Professor Cord Jakobeit for his trust in my project and his always-helpful advice. I want to thank Chris Methmann and Benjamin Stephan for being such good friends and colleagues. If I didnt mention it before: your comments and critique have been invaluable for writing this book. Many thanks also to Professor Annette Jnemann : it has always been a pleasure to work for and with you over the past already nine years. Professor Marieke de Goede as well as Marijn Hoijtink , Stephanie Simon and Gavin Sullivan did everything to make my stay at the University of Amsterdam from January until March 2012 pleasant, productive and successful. Thank you for inspiring discussions, helpful comments and nice evenings in Amsterdam. Florian Khn, Angela Oels, Franz von Lucke Giovanni Bettini as well as Jakob Horst all made time for reading and commenting on chapters of this book. Your ideas, arguments and suggestions have been very helpful and I think they raised the quality of this study considerably. Fiona Woo took on the hard job of proofreading my English writing. Many thanks for not going crazy and for your very thorough work.

I owe special thanks to my partner Neele Montag for always listening to my complaints and worries, for calming me down in moments of crisis and for motivating and encouraging me. Without your help I would not have been able to realize my project as I did with your support. Last but not least, I want to thank my parents, Jutta Rothe and Wolfgang Rentzel-Rothe , who always believed in me and supported me whenever and however they could.