Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity

Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with industrial societies have a lengthy history, and our purpose in the proposed book is not to catalogue this litany of wrongs. Rather, this book is about political responses to global environmental crisis at a crucial turning point in history, by focusing on the political discourses surrounding the tar sands in Alberta, Canada.

List of contents

Look Who's Talking.- Observing Global Flows.- Visualizing the Tar Sands Through Time.- Capital, Labour, and the State.- Ecological Disruption.- Energy Matters.- Lessons from the Study.- A View from the Future.- Index.

Summary

Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with industrial societies have a lengthy history, and our purpose in the proposed book is not to catalogue this litany of wrongs. Rather, this book is about political responses to global environmental crisis at a crucial turning point in history, by focusing on the political discourses surrounding the tar sands in Alberta, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Debra Davidson, Debra J Davidson, Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781493901043
• ISBN: 978-1-4939-0104-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 385 g
• Illustrations: XV, 232 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; B, Climate Change, Political Science, Environment, Political science & theory, Earth and Environmental Science, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy technology & engineering, Energy Policy, Earth Sciences, Energy industries & utilities, Environmental Sciences, Mineral Resources, Chemistry of minerals, crystals & gems, Environment, general, Energy and state