{"product_id":"energy-politics-with-bookmark-9780812221664","title":"Energy Politics [With Bookmark]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for \"mixing oil and politics.\" The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a \"war for oil.\" When energy exporters overtly use energy as a tool to promote their foreign policy goals, Europe and the United States regularly decry the use of energy as a \"weapon\" rather than accept it as a standard and legitimate tool of diplomacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEnergy Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, Brenda Shaffer argues that energy and politics are intrinsically linked. Modern life--from production of goods, to means of travel and entertainment, to methods of waging war--is 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShaffer 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. \u003ci\u003eEnergy Politics\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brenda Shaffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812221664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrenda 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot available to be shipped via Media Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43173078007923,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":42.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3776452b-08a3-4a3a-b4da-dfb1298a2098.jpg?v=1751626713","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/energy-politics-with-bookmark-9780812221664","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}