Table of Contents

Foreword: Bottlenecks and the Ways Out, John K. Roth

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: On the Edge of Scarcity, Michael N. Dobkowski and Isidor Wallimann


Part One: Statement of the Problem

Introduction

Globalization and Security: The Prospects of the Underclass, John B. Cobb, Jr.

Global Industrial Civilization: The Necessary Collapse, Chris H. Lewis


Part Two: Scarcity and Conflict

Introduction

Biophysical Limits to the Human Expropriation of Nature, John M. Gowdy

Our Unsustainable Society . . . and the Alternative, Ted Trainer

Population and Immigration: Sliding into Tribalism, Virginia, Deane Abernethy

Population, Technology, and Development: The Vicious-Circle Principle and the Theory of Human Development, Craig Dilworth

Scarcity and Its Social Impacts: Likely Political Responses, Kurt Finsterbusch

Foundations and Context of Contemporary Conflict, Joseph A. Tainter

Sustainable Development and Human Security: Can We Learn from Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, and Haiti? Waltraud Queiser Morales


Part Three: Case Studies of Scarcity and Mass Death

Introduction

Scarcity and Genocide, Roger W. Smith

Globalization and Genocide: Inequality and Mass Death in Rwanda, David Norman Smith

The Feminization of Global Scarcity and Violence, Waltraud Queiser Morales

Scarcity, Genocides, and the Postmodern Individual, Leon Rappoport

Works Cited