Gonzalez Energy and Empire

The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4296-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reveals the role played by political and economic elites in the privileging of civilian commercial nuclear energy over other options, such as solar, in the United States after 1945.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gonzalez, George A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Energy

2. The Political Economy of U.S. Energy Policy

3. U.S. Economic Elites, Nuclear Power, and Solar Energy

4. Urban Sprawl as Economic Stimulus

5. Global Oil Politics

6. Energy Politics and Urban Sprawl

Conclusion: Urban Sprawl, Energy, and the Failure of Empire

End Notes
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. His books include Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital; The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion; and Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking: Controversies in Achieving Sustainability (coedited with Sheldon Kamieniecki and Robert O. Vos), all published by SUNY Press.