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Die jüngste US-Finanzmarktkrise hat erneut gezeigt, dass Rating-Agenturen auf Grund ihres umfangreichen Einsatzes zu Regulierungszwecken und ihres Einflusses auf die Finanzierungskosten von Unternehmen und Staaten zu den wichtigsten Akteuren der globalen Finanzmärkte gehören. Am Beispiel der USA und Deutschlands analysiert der Autor anschaulich die politische und wissenschaftliche Debatte über Rating-Agenturen und entwickelt ein neues politikwissenschaftliches Modell, um den nicht legitimierten politischen Einfluss dieser privaten Finanzmarktakteure erklären zu können.
List of contents
1. The Global Energy System beyond Technology and Economics 2. Deciphering Energy Justice and Injustice 3. The Temporal Dimension: Externalities and Climate Change 4. The Economic Dimension: Inequality, Poverty and Rising Prices 5. The Socio-Political Dimension: Corruption, Authoritarianism, and Energy Conflict 6. The Geographic Dimension: Uneven Development and Environmental Risks 7. The Technological Dimension: Efficiency, Reliability, Safety, and Vulnerability 8. Towards a More Just and Secure Energy Future
About the author
Benjamin K. Sovacool is Director of the Danish Center for Energy Technology at AU-Herning and a Professor of Social Sciences at the School of Business and Social Sciences at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is also Associate Professor of Law at Vermont Law School and Director of the Energy Security and Justice Program at their Institute for Energy and the Environment.
Roman V. Sidortsov is currently a Senior Global Energy Fellow at the Institute for Energy and the Environment of Vermont Law School, as well as a Doctoral Researcher at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
Benjamin R. Jones is currently a Senior Global Energy Fellow at the Institute for Energy and the Environment of Vermont Law School, as well as a Doctoral Candidate in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria, Canada.
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.
