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Gavin Bridge - Oil - 9781509511723 - V9781509511723
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Oil

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Description for Oil Hardback. Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; KNBP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .

Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile prices, climate change, and enduring poverty in many oil-rich countries. The politics of oil are now at a turning point, and its future will not be like its past.

 In this in-depth primer to one of the world’s most significant industries, authors Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon take ... Read more

As a new geopolitics of oil emerges, the need for effective global oil governance becomes imperative. Highlighting the growing influence of civil society and attentive to the efforts of firms and states to craft new institutions, this fully updated second edition identifies the challenges and opportunities to curtail price volatility, curb demand and the growth of dirty oil, decarbonize energy systems, and improve governance in oil-producing countries.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Resources
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509511723
SKU
V9781509511723
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Gavin Bridge
Gavin Bridge is Professor in the Department of Geography at Durham University. Philippe Le Billon is Professor in the Department of Geography and Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia.

Reviews for Oil
“The new edition of Oil is the best available guide to the new geopolitics of hydrocarbons.” Michael Ross, University of California Los Angeles “This trenchant analysis shows how intimately intertwined oil has become with everyday life and offers compelling reasons why things need to change. Essential reading for anyone wishing to learn more about one of society’s favorite ... Read more

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