Energy politics / Brenda Shaffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaffer, Brenda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

Energy conservation.

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Energy and Regime Type

Chapter Two: Foreign Policy

Chapter Three: Pipeline Trends and International Politics

Chapter Four: Conflict

Chapter Five: Security

Chapter Six: Climate Change

Chapter Seven: Russia

Chapter Eight: Europe

Chapter Nine: The United States

Chapter Ten: China

Chapter Eleven: Iran

Chapter Twelve: Saudi Arabia

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283897754

128389775X

9780812204520

0812204522

OCLC:

794702131