TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitchell,Timothy P.
TI  - Carbon democracy: political power in the age of oil 
SN  - 9781781681169 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HD 9560.6 M682c 2013
U1  - 320.01/1 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Verso
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Carbon dioxide mitigation
KW  - Industria y comercio del petróleo
KW  - Aspectos políticos
KW  - Política ambiental
KW  - Mitigación de dióxido de carbono
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Western countries
KW  - Medio  Oriente
KW  - Relaciones exteriores
KW  - Países occidentales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machines of democracy -- The prize from fairyland -- Consent of the governed -- Mechanisms of goodwill -- Fuel economy -- Sabotage -- The crisis that never happened -- McJihad
N2  - How oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisis. Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from oil production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy. Timothy Mitchell begins with the history of coal
ER  -