The energy security paradox : rethinking energy (in)security in the United States and China / Jonna Nyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyman, Jonna, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy security--United States.

Energy security.

Energy security--China.

China.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 177 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University, 2018.

Summary:

The decisions we make about energy shape our present and our future. From geopolitical tension to environmental degradation and an increasingly unstable climate, these choices infiltrate the very air we breathe. Energy security politics has direct impact on the continued survival of human life as we know it, and the earth cannot survive if we continue consuming fossil energy at current rates. The low carbon transition is simply not happening fast enough, and change is unlikely without a radical change in how we approach energy security. But thinking on energy security has failed to keep up with these changing realities. Energy security is primarily considered to be about the availability of reliable and affordable energy supplies - having enough energy - and it remains closely linked to national security.

Contents:

1 Introducing the Energy Security Paradox 1

Energy, the State, and the Anthropocene 3

Beyond States: Developing the Energy Security Paradox 6

Approaching Security as Practice 9

Debating Energy Security and Overview of Chapters 16

2 Understanding Energy (In)security 21

What is Energy Security? 22

What Does it Mean to Understand Energy as a Security Issue? 25

A Pragmatic and Contextual Approach to the Value of Security 30

Moving Forward 37

3 'Common Sense' Energy Security in the United States 38

Energy in the United States: History and Policy-making 39

US Energy Security Policy 43

Energy Security in Official Discourse 50

The United States' Energy Security Paradox 59

4 Contesting Energy Security in the United States 66

Power/Resistance: Challenging the Common Sense 67

Alternative Visions of Energy Security 71

Possibilities for Change? 83

5 'Common Sense' Energy Security in China 85

Energy in China: History and Policy-making 86

China's Energy Security Policy 91

Energy Security in Official Discourse 97

China's Energy Security Paradox 105

6 Contesting Energy Security in China 112

Power/Resistance: Challenging the Common Sense 113

Alternative Visions of Energy Security 117

Possibilities for Change? 128

7 Conclusion: Reimagining Energy Security 130

Of (Insecurities and Paradoxes 131

Theorizing the Value of Energy Security 136

Reimagining Energy Security 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0198820445

9780198820444

OCLC:

1005103178