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Fuelling insecurity : energy securitization in Azerbaijan /

This book examines the extensive network of security professionals and the wide range of practices that have spread in Azerbaijan's energy sector. It unpacks the interactions of state, supra-state, and private security organisations and argues that energy security has enabled and normalised a c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ganz, Aurora
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover
  • Fuelling Insecurity: Energy Securitization in Azerbaijan
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • The politics of energy securitization
  • Beyond the material/ideational dichotomy
  • A sociological approach to energy securitization
  • Notes on the methods
  • Outline of the book
  • 2 An Analysis of Actually Existing Energy Securitizations
  • The original sin of energy security
  • From energy security to energy securitization
  • Actually existing energy securitization
  • Five theses on energy securitization
  • 3 Energy Securitization in the Land of Fire
  • The four axes of the national security discourse
  • Energy security and Azerbaijan's sense of self: building the nation through securitization
  • 4 Everyday Practices of Energy Security in Azerbaijan
  • Who does energy security in Azerbaijan?
  • The army
  • The presidential agencies: the Special State Protection Service, the State Border Service and the State Security Service
  • Law enforcement and civil defence: the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Emergency Situations
  • SOCAR Department of Security
  • Energy securitization, state building and power consolidation
  • Energy securitization: a fragmented terrain of multiple security practices
  • 5 Beyond the National Borders: NATO and Energy Security in Azerbaijan
  • International actors and energy security in Azerbaijan
  • NATO's security discourse: energy as a global concern
  • NATO's energy security practices: interoperability, standardization and pedagogy
  • 6 Energy Securitization and the Private Sector: The Case of BP
  • The peculiar liberalization of Azerbaijan's oil and gas industry
  • Security as autonomy, efficiency and self-responsibility
  • BP: an energy company that provides security
  • Energy securitization and neoliberalism
  • 7 Energy (In)Securitization: Abusive Security Practices and Poor Energy Choices
  • (In)security practices: force, abuse and violence
  • Abuse, harassment and violence
  • The social costs of energy securitization: rising inequality
  • Land expropriation and grabbing
  • Energy securitization and Azerbaijan's energy policies
  • Energy securitization and the domestic energy market
  • Environmental degradation
  • Poor investment in the energy industry
  • Energy securitization and chaotic security practices
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Theorizing energy securitization
  • Contribution and ways forward
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover