01826nam a22003137a 45000010005000000030005000050050017000100080041000270200029000680200018000970200028001150200015001430400034001580820019001921000038002112450080002492640053003293000024003823360022004063370026004283380023004545040041004775200798005186500052013166500025013686500030013936500035014236500054014581026MBIP20250526113024.0250128b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781804292495qPaperback  z9781781683934  qUS eBookz9781844678969  z1804292494  aMBIPbengcMBIPdNFdIZFerda04223a320.6bTIM1 aMitchell, Timothyd1955-eAuthor.10aCARBON DEMOCRACY :bPolitical Power in the Age of Oil / cTimothy Mitchell  1aAtlantic Avenue, Brooklyn :bVerso Books,c2023.  a292 pages :c21 cm.  2rdacontent atext  2rdamedia aunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aOil 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... 0aPetroleum industry and tradevPolitical aspects 0aEnvironmental policy 0aCarbon dioxide mitigation 0aMiddle EastvForeign relations 0aWestern countriesvForeign relationsvMiddle East