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Gas, Oil and the Irish State: Understanding the Dynamics and Conflicts of Hydrocarbon Management - Couverture souple

Slevin, Amanda

 
9781526122803: Gas, Oil and the Irish State: Understanding the Dynamics and Conflicts of Hydrocarbon Management
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1526122804 ISBN 13 : 9781526122803
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Gas and oil are pivotal to the functioning of modern societies, yet the ownership, control, production and consumption of hydrocarbons often provokes intense disputes with serious ramifications. Gas, oil and the Irish state examines the dynamics and conflicts of state hydrocarbon management and provides the first comprehensive study of the Irish model.

Interpreting the Corrib gas conflict as a microcosm of the Irish state's approach to hydrocarbon management, the book articulates environmental, health and safety concerns underpinning community resistance to the project. It emphasises how the dispute exposed broader issues, such as the privatisation of Irish hydrocarbons in exchange for one of the lowest rates of government take in the world, and served to problematise how the state functions, its close relationship with capital and its deployment of coercive force to repress dissent.

Analysis of these issues occurs within an original account of decision-making and policy formation around Irish hydrocarbons from 1957 to 2014. The book traces the development of the state's approach in tandem with occurrences in Irish political economy and examines the impact of global trends on different approaches to hydrocarbon management. A comparative case study of Norway reveals ideological, political, social and economic forces which influence how states manage their hydrocarbons - factors which the book uses as the basis for a rigorous critique of the Irish model.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Developments Goal 7, 12 and 13, Affordable and clean energy, Responsible consumption and production and Climate action

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À propos de l'auteur

Amanda Slevin is Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1526122804
ISBN 13 
9781526122803
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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