The Political Economy of Sustainable Energy

C. Mitchell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

236 Seiten

2007
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-53711-8 (ISBN)

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This book analyzes the extent to which the current political paradigm is capable of meeting the challenges of climate change. Placing the UK in comparative perspective, leading energy expert Catherine Mitchell argues for a new way of approaching policy towards energy and sustainability.

CATHERINE MITCHELL is Professor of Energy Policy at Exeter University, UK, and has worked in the energy arena for over twenty years. She has advised governments and NGOs around the world. She was International Advisor to the New Zealand Government for the 2006-2007 New Zealand Energy Strategy and National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy, and has been involved in numerous EU projects in the field of sustainable energy and public policy.

Breaking Free of the Band of Iron The Regulatory State Paradigm – and Its Challenges The Difficulty of Delivering the 'Right' Change Quickly Enough Preferable Intervention – The Pursuit of Nuclear Power Renewable Energy in the UK Markets and Networks – Pure Paradigm and Effect New Zealand as a Case Study Examining European Political Paradigms Just-do-it: Solutions, Opportunities and Realities

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.12.2007
Reihe/Serie	Energy, Climate and the Environment
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 236 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-230-53711-1 / 0230537111
ISBN-13	978-0-230-53711-8 / 9780230537118
Zustand	Neuware