The Political Economy Of Coal
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Author | : Michael Jakob |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Coal mines and mining |
ISBN | : 9780367491048 |
This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts. Coal is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally, accounting for about 40 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions. Continued construction of coal-fired power plants could make the climate targets of the Paris Agreement infeasible to achieve. In spite of sharply declining costs for renewable energy sources, many countries still heavily rely on coal to meet their energy demand. The predominance of coal can only be adequately understood in light of the political factors that determine energy policy formulation. To this end, this edited volume assembles a wide variety of case studies exploring the political economy of coal for across the globe. These includes industrial and developing nations, coal importers and exporters as well as countries that are either substantial coal users, are just beginning to ramp up their capacities, or have already initiated a coal phase-out. Importantly, all case studies are structured along a unifying framework that focuses on the central actors driving energy policy formulation, their main objectives as well as the context that determines to what extent they can influence policy making. This large set of comparable studies will permit drawing conclusions regarding key similarities as well as differences driving coal use in different countries. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy, climate change, resource management, and sustainable development. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers involved in sustainable development.
Author | : Ferdinand E. Banks |
Publisher | : Gower Publishing Company, Limited |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ben Fine |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2013-05-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1135040478 |
The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben Fine charts the ways in which the theoretical understanding of the British coal industry has changed over the past two centuries and discusses the arguments surrounding public ownership versus the privatization of the industry. In the second part, the book presents a critical assessment of the existing literature and challenges the well-established orthodoxies by close theoretical and empirical argument. Finally, attention is paid to the role of landed property and the processes of technical change. An interesting analysis of the complex relationship between industrial change and political economy and an important contribution to economics, this study will be of great value to students of the theory and history of industrial change and the British coal industry.
Author | : Michael Jakob |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2022-02-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1000551598 |
This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts. Coal is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally, accounting for about 40 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions. Continued construction of coal-fired power plants could make the climate targets of the Paris Agreement infeasible to achieve. In spite of sharply declining costs for renewable energy sources, many countries still heavily rely on coal to meet their energy demand. The predominance of coal can only be adequately understood in light of the political factors that determine energy policy formulation. To this end, this edited volume assembles a wide variety of case studies exploring the political economy of coal for across the globe. These includes industrial and developing nations, coal importers and exporters as well as countries that are either substantial coal users, are just beginning to ramp up their capacities, or have already initiated a coal phase-out. Importantly, all case studies are structured along a unifying framework that focuses on the central actors driving energy policy formulation, their main objectives as well as the context that determines to what extent they can influence policy making. This large set of comparable studies will permit drawing conclusions regarding key similarities as well as differences driving coal use in different countries. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy, climate change, resource management, and sustainable development. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers involved in sustainable development. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial- No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Author | : Tim Wright |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2012-03-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136627804 |
This book examines key aspects of China’s coal industry which illustrate the political economy of China’s economic transformation. It sheds light on the broader issues of China’s transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of China’s working class.
Author | : William Graebner |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2021-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813186218 |
Through the first decade of the twentieth century, Americans looked upon industrial accidents with callous disregard; they were accepted as an unfortunate but necessary adjunct to industrial society. A series of mine disasters in December 1907 (including one in Monongah, West Virginia, which took a toll of 361 lives) shook the public, at least temporarily, out of its lethargy. In this award-winning study, author William Graebner traces the development of mine safety reform in the years immediately following these tragic events. Reform activities during the Progressive period centered on the Bureau of Mines and an effort to obtain uniform state legislation; the effect of each was minimal. Mr. Graebner concludes that these idealistic solutions of the time were at once the great hope and the great failure of the Progressive coal-mining safety movement.
Author | : Ben Fine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-12-03 |
Genre | : Coal leases |
ISBN | : 9780415838412 |
This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive approach. An interesting analysis of the complex relationship between industrial change and political economy and an important contribution to economics, this study will be of great value to students of the theory and history of industrial change and the British coal industry.
Author | : Douglas Arent |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 631 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198802242 |
A volume on the political economy of clean energy transition in developed and developing regions, with a focus on the issues that different countries face as they transition from fossil fuels to lower carbon technologies.
Author | : Ferdinand E. Banks |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9812700366 |
This easy-to-read book presents an elementary yet comprehensive introduction to modern energy economics. Mathematical content is kept to a minimum, and advanced numerical concepts are placed in appendices. The two survey chapters are suitable for readers with little or no formal training in economics. Differing greatly from other energy textbooks, the book aims to provide the reader with an informed advantage. Principally intended as a textbook for undergraduate economics students, it can also be used for self-study or as a reference material.
Author | : Kathryn Hochstetler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2020-11-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1108843840 |
Shows that economic concerns about jobs, costs, and consumption, rather than climate change, are likely to drive energy transition in developing countries.