Transforming Power Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict Energy and Environmental Policy Series
Coordonnateurs : Byrne John, Toly Noah, Glover Leigh
In 1934, Lewis Mumford critiqued the industrial energy system as a key source of authoritarian economic and political tendencies in modern life. Recent debate continues to engage issues of energy authoritarianism, focusing on the contest between energy-driven globalization (the spread of energy deregulation and the simultaneous consolidation of the oil, coal, and gas industries) and the so-called "sustainable energy" strategy that celebrates the local and community scale characteristics of renewable energy. Including theoretical inquiries and case studies by distinguished writers, Transforming Power is divided into three parts: Energy, Environment, and Society; The Politics of Conventional Energy; and The Politics of Sustainable Energy. It interrogates current contemporary energy assumptions, exploring the reflexive relationship between energy, environment, and society, and examining energy as a social project. Some of these have promised a prosperous future founded upon technological advances that further modernize the modern energy system, such as "inherently safe" nuclear power, environmentally friendly coal gasification, and the advent of a wealthier, cleaner world powered by fuel cells; and the "green technologies," said by advocates to prefigure a revival of human scale development, local self-determination, and a commitment to ecological balance. br This volume offers a timely engagement of the social issues surrounding energy conflicts and contradictions. It will be of interest to policymakers, energy and environmental experts, sociologists, and historians of technology.
Date de parution : 01-2006
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 09-2017
15.2x22.9 cm
Thèmes de Transforming Power :
Mots-clés :
Tamil Nadu; Andrew D; Zimmerman; Older Fields; James H; Williams; Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle; Joan Martinez-Alier; Energy Policy; John Byrne; Energy Sources; Joy Clancy; Energy System; Kenneth D; Bergeron; Energy Futures; Leigh Glover; Large Coal Fired Power Stations; Margaret Skutsch; Conventional Energy System; Mark Diesendorf; WCD Report; Michael T; Klare; Carter Doctrine; Navroz K; Dubash; Coal Fired Power Stations; Noah Toly; Nuclear Power; Peter Bosshard; Soft Energy Paths; Sardar Sarovar; Infrastructure Action Plan; Nuclear Power Regime; Exosomatic Energy; Emergency Core Cooling System; Efficient Energy; Sea Water; Energy Society Relations; NRC Standard; Electricity Reform; Sustainable Energy Strategies