Transforming power : energy, environment, and society in conflict / John Byrne, Noah Toly, and Leigh Glover, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byrne, John, 1949-

Toly, Noah.

Glover, Leigh.

Series:

Energy and environmental policy series ; v. 9.

Energy and environmental policy series ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy industries--Social aspects.

Energy industries.

Energy industries--Environmental aspects.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2006]

Summary:

Recent debate continues to engage issues of energy authoritarianism, focusing on the contest between energy-driven globalization (the spread of energy deregulation and the simultaneous consolidation of the oil, coal, and gas industries) and the so-called "sustainable energy" strategy that celebrates the local and community-scale characteristics of renewable energy. Transforming Power is divided into three parts: Energy, Environment, and Society; The Politics of Conventional Energy; and The Politics of Sustainable Energy. It interrogates current contemporary energy assumptions, exploring the reflexive relationship between energy, environment, and society, and examining energy as a social project.

Contents:

Introduction: Modern Energy and Modern Society / John Byrne, Noah Toly, Young-Doo Wang vii

1 Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse / John Byrne, Noah Toly 1

Energy and Poverty

2 Energy, Economy, and Poverty: The Past and Present Debate / Joan Martinez-Alier 35

3 Unraveling Relationships in the Energy-Poverty-Gender Nexus / Margaret Skutsch, Joy Clancy 61

Energy and Security

4 Protecting Overseas Oil Supplies: The Globalization of the "Carter Doctrine" / Michael T. Klare 93

5 Nuclear Power in an Age of Global Terrorism: Implications for Energy and National Security / Kenneth D. Bergeron, Andrew D. Zimmerman 113

Energy and Globalization

6 The Political Economy of Electricity Liberalization / Navroz K. Dubash, James H. Williams 155

7 The World Bank's Support for Large Dams: A Case of Institutional Amnesia? / Peter Bosshard 191

Energy and Environment

8 Can Geosequestration Save the Coal Industry? / Mark Diesendorf 221

9 From Love-ins to Logos: Charting the Demise of Renewable Energy as a Social Movement / Leigh Glover 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412805147

OCLC:

64065955

Publisher Number:

9781412805148