This volume brings together eight original articles from leading scholars on the politics of energy, examining the natural resources and developing technologies that are essential to its production to the various public and private factors affecting its use, along with the ecological consequences of both. From imperatives to reduce fossil fuel combustion based in concerns for energy security and climate change, it considers the promises and challenges posed by nuclear power and renewable sources and the social and political obstacles to developing a sustainable and secure energy policy. This…mehr
This volume brings together eight original articles from leading scholars on the politics of energy, examining the natural resources and developing technologies that are essential to its production to the various public and private factors affecting its use, along with the ecological consequences of both. From imperatives to reduce fossil fuel combustion based in concerns for energy security and climate change, it considers the promises and challenges posed by nuclear power and renewable sources and the social and political obstacles to developing a sustainable and secure energy policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.
Steve Vanderheiden is Associate Professor of political science and environmental studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
1. The politics of energy: an introduction Steve Vanderheiden 2. Poor little rich countries: another look at the 'resource curse'Sudhir Chella Rajan 3. Energy and human ecology: a critical security approach Shane Mulligan 4. Confronting risks: regulatory responsibility and nuclear energy Steve Vanderheiden 5. Déjà vu all over again: climate change and the prospects for a nuclear power renaissance Robert Duffy 6. 'Hasta la vista, baby!' The Solar Grand Plan, environmentalism, and social constructions of the Mojave Desert Christian Hunold and Steven Leitner 7. A middle range theory of energy politics: the struggle for energy efficient appliances Rachael Shwom 8. Regional policy integration to support full renewable power deployment for Europe by 2050 Anthony Patt, Nadejda Komendantova, Antonella Battaglini, and Johan Lilliestam 9. Climate deadlocks: the environmental politics of energy systems Karena Shaw
1. The politics of energy: an introduction Steve Vanderheiden 2. Poor little rich countries: another look at the 'resource curse'Sudhir Chella Rajan 3. Energy and human ecology: a critical security approach Shane Mulligan 4. Confronting risks: regulatory responsibility and nuclear energy Steve Vanderheiden 5. Déjà vu all over again: climate change and the prospects for a nuclear power renaissance Robert Duffy 6. 'Hasta la vista, baby!' The Solar Grand Plan, environmentalism, and social constructions of the Mojave Desert Christian Hunold and Steven Leitner 7. A middle range theory of energy politics: the struggle for energy efficient appliances Rachael Shwom 8. Regional policy integration to support full renewable power deployment for Europe by 2050 Anthony Patt, Nadejda Komendantova, Antonella Battaglini, and Johan Lilliestam 9. Climate deadlocks: the environmental politics of energy systems Karena Shaw
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