01882nam a22003377a 4500 1026 MBIP 20250526113024.0 250128b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781804292495 Paperback 9781781683934 US eBook 9781844678969 1804292494 MBIP eng MBIP NF IZF rda 23 320.6 TIM Mitchell, Timothy 1955- Author. CARBON DEMOCRACY : Political Power in the Age of Oil / Timothy Mitchell Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn : Verso Books, 2023. 292 pages : 21 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume 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... Petroleum industry and trade Political aspects Environmental policy Carbon dioxide mitigation Middle East Foreign relations Western countries Foreign relations Middle East ddc BK 0 0 0 ddc 0 0 NON-FIC (BK) MEDINI MEDINI GEN 2025-01-28 PERDANA MARKETWAYS SDN BHD 92.90 0 320.6 TIM 2023 c.1 00001320 2025-01-28 1 92.90 2025-01-28 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NON-FIC (BK) MEDINI MEDINI GEN 2025-01-28 PERDANA MARKETWAYS SDN BHD 92.90 0 320.6 TIM 2023 c.2 00001321 2025-01-28 2 92.90 2025-01-28 BK 1026 1026