Challenging Post-

Conict Environments
Sustainable Agriculture
Edited by Alpaslan zerdem and Rebecca Roberts, both at Centre for Peace and
Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, UK
The Global Security in a Changing World Series
www.ashgate.com/politics
Orders may be placed in the following ways
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TEL: +44 (0)1235 827730 FAX: +44 (0)1235 400454
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This book conceptualizes the challenges of developing sustainable agriculture in post-conict
environments as well as identifying the policies and practical solutions to achieve sustainable
agricultural production which is central to the survival of humanity. However, the environment,
infrastructure, economy and skills necessary to maintain agricultural production are fragile and easily
damaged during conict. Without sustainable agriculture, populations remain vulnerable increasing
the likelihood of a return to conict. Therefore, sustainable agriculture is central to effective post-
conict recovery that provides human security as well as stability and rule of law. Despite the
importance of sustainable agriculture in such environments, little has been published to date about
these issues. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary approach which identies key themes and case
studies, this book sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture in post-conict
environments.
July 2012 c. 200 pages
Hardback 978-1-4094-3482-5 c. 55.00
ebook 978-1-4094-3483-2 c. 55.00
Forthcoming title...
Globalisation is changing the world dramatically, and a very public debate is taking place about
the form, extent and signicance of these changes. At the centre of this debate lie conicting claims
about the forces and processes shaping security. As a result, notions of inequality, poverty and the
cultural realm of identity politics have all surfaced along side terrorism, environmental changes and
bio-medical weapons as essential features of the contemporary global political landscape. In this
sense, the debate on globalisation calls for a fundamental shift from a status quo political reality
to one that dislodges states as the primary referent, and instead sees states as a means and not the
end to various security issues, ranging from individual security to international terrorism. More
importantly, centred at the cognitive stage of thought, it is also a move towards conceiving the
concept of insecurity in terms of change.
The series attempts to address this imbalance by encouraging a robust and multi-disciplinary
assessment of the asymmetrical nature of globalisation. Scholarship is sought from areas such
as: global governance, poverty and insecurity, development, civil society, religion, terrorism and
globalisation.
About the Series...
About the book...
Challenging Post-
Conict Environments
Sustainable Agriculture
Edited by Alpaslan zerdem and Rebecca Roberts, both at Centre for Peace and
Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, UK
The Global Security in a Changing World Series
www.ashgate.com/politics
Orders may be placed in the following ways
ONLINE: www.ashgate.com EMAIL: ashgate@bookpoint.co.uk
TEL: +44 (0)1235 827730 FAX: +44 (0)1235 400454
MAIL TO: Bookpoint Ltd, Ashgate Publishing Direct Sales, 130 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4SB, UK
This book conceptualizes the challenges of developing sustainable agriculture in post-conict
environments as well as identifying the policies and practical solutions to achieve sustainable
agricultural production which is central to the survival of humanity. However, the environment,
infrastructure, economy and skills necessary to maintain agricultural production are fragile and easily
damaged during conict. Without sustainable agriculture, populations remain vulnerable increasing
the likelihood of a return to conict. Therefore, sustainable agriculture is central to effective post-
conict recovery that provides human security as well as stability and rule of law. Despite the
importance of sustainable agriculture in such environments, little has been published to date about
these issues. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary approach which identies key themes and case
studies, this book sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture in post-conict
environments.
July 2012 c. 200 pages
Hardback 978-1-4094-3482-5 c. 55.00
ebook 978-1-4094-3483-2 c. 55.00
Forthcoming title...
Globalisation is changing the world dramatically, and a very public debate is taking place about
the form, extent and signicance of these changes. At the centre of this debate lie conicting claims
about the forces and processes shaping security. As a result, notions of inequality, poverty and the
cultural realm of identity politics have all surfaced along side terrorism, environmental changes and
bio-medical weapons as essential features of the contemporary global political landscape. In this
sense, the debate on globalisation calls for a fundamental shift from a status quo political reality
to one that dislodges states as the primary referent, and instead sees states as a means and not the
end to various security issues, ranging from individual security to international terrorism. More
importantly, centred at the cognitive stage of thought, it is also a move towards conceiving the
concept of insecurity in terms of change.
The series attempts to address this imbalance by encouraging a robust and multi-disciplinary
assessment of the asymmetrical nature of globalisation. Scholarship is sought from areas such
as: global governance, poverty and insecurity, development, civil society, religion, terrorism and
globalisation.
About the Series...
About the book...