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100	1		_aMitchell, Timothy _d1955- _eAuthor.
245	1	0	_aCARBON DEMOCRACY : _bPolitical Power in the Age of Oil / _cTimothy Mitchell
264		1	_aAtlantic Avenue, Brooklyn : _bVerso Books, _c2023.
300			_a292 pages : _c21 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_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...
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _vPolitical aspects
650		0	_aEnvironmental policy
650		0	_aCarbon dioxide mitigation
650		0	_aMiddle East _vForeign relations
650		0	_aWestern countries _vForeign relations _vMiddle East
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