Energy Policy in America Since 1945 - A Study of Business-Government Relations

Zusammenfassung This 1985 book provides us with an innovative and insightful approach to the study of business–government relations in modern America. For anyone interested in seeing a more effective national industrial policy, this history should put the relationship of business and government in a critical new perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of charts and figures; List of tables; Editors' preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the political economy of energy; Part I. The Transition to Peace and Fluid Fuels, 1945-58: 2. The foundations of postwar policy; 3. 'Stepping right out' with synthetic fuels; 4. Regulating natural gas in the absence of economics; 5. Oil imports: the failure of voluntarism; Part II. Managing Surplus Through the Politics of Stasis, 1959-68: 6. Oil import quotas; 7. Formula for shortage: natural gas price controls; 8. Sunfuels revisited: nostrum for the coal industry; Part III. The Second Energy Transition: Adjustment to Depletion, 1969-80: 9. Energy crisis and structural change; 10. Equity versus efficiency: oil price controls; 11. Natural gas: the dilemma of regulatory transition; 12. Natural gas: the consequences of scarcity; 13. National energy management; 14. Business, government, and public policy; Index.

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• Autori: Richard H. Victor, Professor Richard H. K. Vietor, Richard H. K. Vietor, Richard H. K. (Professor) Vietor, Vietor Richard H K, Vietor Richard H. K.
• Con la collaborazione di: Louis Galambos (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.01.1987
• EAN: 9780521335720
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33572-0
• Pagine: 384
• Serie: Studies in Economic History an; Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia aziendale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Environmental Management, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas