The Low-Carbon Contradiction

Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the Infrastructural State in Cuba
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-39313-4
Verlag: UCAL POD

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 260 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 387 g

Reihe: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics

In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba became Latin America’s most oil-dependent economy. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the country lost 86 percent of its crude oil supplies, resulting in a severe energy crisis. In the face of this shock, Cuba started to develop a low-carbon economy based on economic and social reform rather than high-tech innovation. The Low-Carbon Contradiction examines this period of rapid low-carbon energy transition, which many have described as a “Cuban miracle” or even a real-life case of successful “degrowth.” Working with original research from inside households, workplaces, universities, and government offices, Gustav Cederlöf retells the history of the Cuban Revolution as one of profound environmental and infrastructural change. In doing so, he opens up new questions about energy transitions, their politics, and the conditions of a socially just low-carbon future. The Cuban experience shows how a society can transform itself while rapidly cutting carbon emissions in the search for sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cederlof, Gustav

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Illustrations and Table

Preface

Acronyms

Introduction

1. Against the Energy Empire

2. Electrification or Death

3. Blackout

4. Socialist Redistribution and Autonomous Infrastructure

5. The Energy Revolution

Conclusion: Energy Transitions and Infrastructural Form

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gustav Cederlöf is Associate Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.