Oil : Politics, Poverty and the Planet.
Toby. Shelley
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books Ltd, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (237 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of tables; Introduction: Oil and natural gas: the issues; 1. Insatiable demand and the quest for supply; 2. Conflict, poverty, inequality: the mixed blessing of oil; 3. Oil security and global strategy; 4. Petronationalism; 5. 'Alternatives' to oil: environmental and 'security' imperatives; Conclusion: Posing the questions; Notes; Index;. - This book, written by a Financial Times journalist who has long covered the energy sector, provides readers with the essential information they need for understanding the shifting structure of the global oil and gas economy - where the reserves lie, who produces what, trade patterns, consumption trends, prices. The book highlights political and social issues in the global energy sector - the domestic inequality, civil conflict and wide-spread poverty that dependence on oil exports inflicts on developing countries and the strategies of wealthy countries (especially the United States) to control
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| Emner | Gas industry - Political aspects
Gas industry - Social aspects Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects Petroleum industry and trade - Social aspects Vis mer... Poverty - Developing countries
Business. Political aspects. Social aspects. Business & Economics Industries utviklingsland internasjonal handel politikk oljeindustrigassindustri sosiale aspekter petroleumsvirksomhet fattigdomoljepolitikk |
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| ISBN | 1842775200. - 1842775219
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