Oil supply crisis : cooperation and discord in the West / Vessela Chakarova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chakarova, Vessela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--History--20th century.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum reserves.

Petroleum products--Prices.

Petroleum products.

Energy consumption.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Oil supply crises : cooperation and discord in the West

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Oil Supply Crises: Cooperation and Discord in the West, by Vessela Chakarova, offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of consumer countries' policies and reactions to oil supply shortages. In addition to being a valuable source of information on oil market dynamics, it provides a deep theoretical understanding of one of the most critical issues in international relations: inter-state cooperation.

Contents:

Oil Supply Crisis; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Oil: A Critical Commodity; Oil Crises: Is There a Risk?; Oil Crises and International Cooperation; A Dearth of Scholarship; The Theoretical Dilemma; The Empirical Conundrum; Oil Prices: Why Do We Care?; The Method of Structured, Focused Comparison; Chapter 2 The Theoretical Debate; Defining Cooperation; The Debate; International Institutions; Institutions in the Oil Issue-Area; The Security versus Economy Debate; The Role of the Leader; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Suez Crisis

Crisis BackgroundThe Oil Problem; The United States; The Organization for European Economic Cooperation; The Oil Committee; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Oil Embargo-Europe "Weakened and Humiliated"; Crisis Background; The Oil Embargo; The United States; European Discord; International Cooperation: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Community; The Role of the International Oil Companies; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The Energy Crisis Is the "Moral Equivalent of War"; Crisis Background; The Oil Shortage; The United States

International Cooperation: The International Energy Agency, the European Community and the Tokyo SummitConclusion; Chapter 6 The Rest of the Cases; The Abadan Crisis; The Six-Day War; The Iran-Iraq War; The First Gulf War; Hurricane Katrina; Small Crises: Conclusion; Chapter 7 Oil Crises and Inter-state Cooperation: Is It Possible?; So Who Is the Winner?; Theoretical Implications; Policy Implications; What Does the Future Hold?; Concluding Thoughts; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-143) and index.

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ISBN:

0-7391-6976-9

1-299-14874-3

OCLC:

828423762