CARBON DEMOCRACY : Political Power in the Age of Oil /
Mitchell, Timothy 1955-
CARBON DEMOCRACY : Political Power in the Age of Oil / Timothy Mitchell - 292 pages : 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from oil production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy.
Timothy Mitchell begins with the history of coal power to tell a radical new story about the rise of democracy. Coal was a source of energy so open to disruption that oligarchies in the West became vulnerable for the first time to mass demands for democracy. In the mid-twentieth century, however, the development of cheap and abund...
9781804292495
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects
Environmental policy
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Middle East--Foreign relations
Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East
320.6 / TIM
CARBON DEMOCRACY : Political Power in the Age of Oil / Timothy Mitchell - 292 pages : 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from oil production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy.
Timothy Mitchell begins with the history of coal power to tell a radical new story about the rise of democracy. Coal was a source of energy so open to disruption that oligarchies in the West became vulnerable for the first time to mass demands for democracy. In the mid-twentieth century, however, the development of cheap and abund...
9781804292495
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects
Environmental policy
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Middle East--Foreign relations
Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East
320.6 / TIM