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1 online resource (234 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Analytical table of contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Illustrations; Epigraph; Acknowledgments; 1 The global energy system beyond technology and economics; Unveiling our not-so-shiny energy world; Statistical snapshot of the global energy system; Electricity; Transport; Heating and cooking; Energy et al. defined; A road map of chapters to come; The temporal dimension: Externalities and climate change; The economic dimension: Inequality, poverty, and rising prices; The sociopolitical dimension: Corruption, authoritarianism, and energy conflict |
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The geographic dimension: Uneven development and environmental risksThe technological dimension: Efficiency, reliability, safety, and vulnerability; 2 Deciphering energy justice and injustice; Introduction; The energy system and social justice: An overview; Energy and distributive justice; Energy and procedural justice; Energy and cosmopolitan justice; Philosophical framework for energy justice; Assumption 1: Every human being is entitled to the minimum of basic goods of life that is still consistent with respect for human dignity |
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Assumption 2: The basic goods to which every person is entitled include the opportunity to develop the characteristically human capacities needed for a flourishing human lifeAssumption 3: Energy is only an instrumental good -- it is not an end in itself; Assumption 4: Energy is a material prerequisite for many of the basic goods to which people are entitled; From assumptions to principles; The prohibitive principle; The affirmative principle; Conclusion; 3 The temporal dimension: externalities and climate change; Introduction; Externalities and energy burdens; Climate change |
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Extracting fossil fuels and uraniumThe legacy of nuclear waste; Air pollution and respiratory health; Conclusion; 4 The economic dimension: inequality, poverty, and rising prices; Introduction; Energy inequality; Sustainable development and affordable energy; Unequal distribution of energy services; Fuel poverty; Energy poverty and drudgery; Resource depletion and rising energy prices; Fossil Fuels: A finite resource; Rising energy prices and volatile markets; Conclusion; 5 The sociopolitical dimension: corruption, authoritarianism, and conflict; Introduction |
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Energy profits, corruption, and politicsMoney rules the world; Social marginalization and political instability; Conventional energy systems and authoritarianism; Nuclear power and public participation; Secrecy and democracy; Energy and human rights abuses; Energy and military conflict; Armed conflict, terrorism, and civil war; Energy resources and interstate war; The technology of modern warfare; Conclusion; 6 The geographic dimension: uneven development and environmental risks; Introduction; Uneven economic development; Beyond oversimplified dichotomies; Where transmission lines end |
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Up, but mostly down |
| Summary |
As an introduction to energy security and justice and their implications for energy policy, this book provides a text which will be suitable for interdisciplinary modules on social and policy aspects of energy. Includes explanations of key concepts such as ethics as applied to the energy industry, as well as case studies and examples that cut across the of energy injustices |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sidortsov, Roman V
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Jones, Benjamin R
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| ISBN |
9781135074197 |
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1135074194 |
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