[Bilimsel Haber] PUBL.- Energy Politics, Brenda Shaffer

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PUBL.- Energy Politics, Brenda Shaffer

Posted by: Bill Finan <wfinan at pobox.upenn.edu>



Energy Politics
Brenda Shaffer
224 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 maps
Cloth 2009 | ISBN  | $29.95 | &#1032;19.50

"'Energy Politics' is a timely, provocative, and pioneering
exploration of an increasingly important topic."--Graham Allison,
Harvard University

In Energy Politics, Brenda Shaffer argues that energy and politics are
intrinsically linked. Modern life­from production of goods, to means
of travel and entertainment, to methods of waging war­is heavily
dependent on access to energy. A country's ability to acquire and use
energy supplies crucially determines the state of its economy, its
national security, and the quality and sustainability of its
environment. Energy supply can serve as a basis for regional
cooperation, but at the same time can serve as a source of conflict
among energy seekers and between producers and consumers.

Shaffer provides a broad introduction to the ways in which energy
affects domestic and regional political developments and foreign
policy. While previous scholarship has focused primarily on the
politics surrounding oil, Shaffer broadens her scope to include the
increasingly important role of natural gas and alternative energy
sources as well as emerging concerns such as climate change, the
global energy divide, and the coordinated international policy making
required to combat them. Energy Politics concludes with examinations
of how politics and energy interact in six of the world's largest
producers and consumers of energy: Russia, Europe, the United States,
China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

Brenda Shaffer served as Research Director of the Caspian Studies
Program at Harvard University from 2000 to 2006. She currently teaches
political science at the University of Haifa.

Learn more about "Energy Politics" at
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14628.html

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ellenpt at pobox.upenn.edu.
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Bill Finan
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Public Policy and International Relations
University of Pennsylvania Press
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