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The handbook of global energy policy /
This is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume. Maps the emerging field of global energy policy both for scholars and practitioners; the focus is on global issues, but it also explores the re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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| Colección: | Handbook of global policy series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Handbook of Global Energy Policy; Contents; Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Key Dimensions of Global Energy Policy; Energy as a Global Policy Field; Dimensions of Global Energy Policy; Organization of This Book; References; Part I Global Energy: Mapping the Policy Field; Chapter 1 The Role of Markets and Investment in Global Energy; Introduction: A Political Economic Perspective on Energy Markets; The World's Most Capital Intensive Industry; A Largely Industry Specific and Industry Produced Energy Transport Infrastructure; Rents and Subsidies.
- Resource Nationalism and Enlightened Resource Mix Tinkering: Omnipresent StatesA Northian Perspective on Resources, Institutions, Transactions, and Power; Energy Resources: The Paradigm Shift; Peak Oil or Not Peak Oil?; The Electric Grid as the Energy Sources Integrator; Energy Institutions: A Pre-WTO World Meets Post-Modern Synthetic Markets; Governance and the Uncertain Provision of Public Goods Essential to Market Operation; Pre-Modern and Post-Modern Markets; The Power Structure Influencing Energy Investments and Market Relations.
- Transactions Over Energy Resources: Energy Value Chains and Energy MarketsOil Markets, OPEC and the Oil Price Discovery Regime; Natural Gas Markets; Technological Innovation as an Essential Feature of Energy Markets, Notably for Renewable Energy Sources; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 The Entanglement of Energy, Grand Strategy, and International Security; Introduction; Energy, Security, and the Grand Strategy of Countries; Energy as an End/Objective of Grand Strategy; Blood for Oil?; Conflict as a By-Product of Competition over Resources; Impediments to Preventive or Punitive Action.
- Energy as a Way/Tool of Achieving Security ObjectivesEnergy as a Political Weapon?; Energy as a Cement in Alliances; Energy as a Means/Resource for National Security Strategies; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Sustainability, Climate Change, and Transition in Global Energy; Introduction; Global Energy Dilemmas; Energy and Climate Change; The Globalization of Energy Demand and Carbon Emissions; Global Energy Transitions; Understanding Energy Transitions; The Challenge of the Low Carbon Transition; Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 4 The Development Nexus of Global Energy.
- IntroductionEnergy Poverty, Inequality, and Development; Energy Security, Food, and Water; Geopolitical Reconfiguration: The Scramble for African Resources; Food and Energy; Energy and Water Policy; Impact of Resource Extraction on Development in Producing Countries; Changing Landscape in Oil Production; Turning Energy Extraction into Development; Policy Options and Development Impact; Revenue Management; Governance Responses; Conclusions; References; Part II Global Energy and Markets; Chapter 5 The Oil Market: Context, Selected Features, and Implications; Introduction.