Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
by Timothy Mitchell
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Democracy
How oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisis
Carbon Democracy provides a unique examination of the relationship between oil and democracy. Interweaving the history of energy, political analysis, and economic theory, Mitchell targets conventional wisdom regarding energy and governance. Emphasizing how oil and democracy have intermixed, he argues that while coal provided the impetus for mass democracy, the shift to oil drastically limited democratic possibility; above all, the ability to confront contemporary ecological crises.- Rank: #178110 in Books
- Published on: 2013-05-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
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