{"product_id":"energy-politics-paperback-softback-9780812221664","title":"Energy Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812221664","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnergy Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrenda Shaffer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812221664\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 9 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEnergy Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely, provocative, and pioneering exploration of an increasingly important topic.\" (Graham Allison, Harvard University) \"An excellent introduction to the international politics of energy.\" (Charles Doran, Johns Hopkins University) \"Brenda Shaffer has produced an essential guide to the energy politics of the twenty-first century. Her insights into the growing role of natural gas, and its implications for global security, are especially valuable.\" (Michael Ross, UCLA)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEnergy Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eEnergy Politics\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Energy and Regime Type\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: Pipeline Trends and International Politics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: Conflict\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Security\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: Climate Change\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven: Russia\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight: Europe\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Nine: The United States\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Ten: China\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eleven: Iran\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Twelve: Saudi Arabia\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555687493912,"sku":"9780812221664","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/energy-politics-paperback-softback-9780812221664","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}