Energy Politics - Couverture rigide

Shaffer, Brenda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0812242009 ISBN 13 : 9780812242003

Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009

Synopsis

It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for "mixing oil and politics." The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a "war for oil." When energy exporters overtly use energy as a tool to promote their foreign policy goals, Europe and the United States regularly decry the use of energy as a "weapon" rather than accept it as a standard and legitimate tool of diplomacy.

In Energy Politics, Brenda Shaffer argues that energy and politics are intrinsically linked. Modern life―from production of goods, to means of travel and entertainment, to methods of waging war―is heavily dependent on access to energy. A country's ability to acquire and use energy supplies crucially determines the state of its economy, its national security, and the quality and sustainability of its environment. Energy supply can serve as a basis for regional cooperation, but at the same time can serve as a source of conflict among energy seekers and between producers and consumers.

Shaffer provides a broad introduction to the ways in which energy affects domestic and regional political developments and foreign policy. While previous scholarship has focused primarily on the politics surrounding oil, Shaffer broadens her scope to include the increasingly important role of natural gas and alternative energy sources as well as emerging concerns such as climate change, the global energy divide, and the coordinated international policy-making required to combat them. Energy Politics concludes with examinations of how politics and energy interact in six of the world's largest producers and consumers of energy: Russia, Europe, the United States, China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brenda Shaffer served as Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard University from 2000 to 2006. She currently teaches political science at the University of Haifa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0812242009
• ISBN 13: 9780812242003
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
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• Personne responsable: non disponible