Transforming Power - Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Energy and Environmental Policy Series
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	2006
Authors:	Dietrich Kebschull
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	275
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-53983-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	1-138-53983-X
Barcode:	9781138539839

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