{"product_id":"energy-politics-9780812242003","title":"Energy Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for \"mixing oil and politics.\" The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a \"war for oil.\" When energy exporters overtly use energy as a tool to promote their foreign policy goals  Europe and the United States regularly decry the use of energy as a \"weapon\" rather than accept it as a standard and legitimate tool of diplomacy. In Energy Politics  Brenda Shaffer argues that energy and politics are intrinsically linked. Modern lifefrom production of goods  to means of travel and entertainment  to methods of waging waris heavily dependent on access to energy. A countrys ability to acquire and use energy supplies crucially determines the state of its economy  its national security  and the quality and sustainability of its environment. Energy supply can serve as a basis for regional cooperation  but at the same time can serve as a source of conflict among energy seekers and between producers and consumers. Shaffer provides a broad introduction to the ways in which energy affects domestic and regional political developments and foreign policy. While previous scholarship has focused primarily on the politics surrounding oil  Shaffer broadens her scope to include the increasingly important role of natural gas and alternative energy sources as well as emerging concerns such as climate change  the global energy divide  and the coordinated international policy-making required to combat them. Energy Politics concludes with examinations of how politics and energy interact in six of the worlds largest producers and consumers of energy: Russia  Europe  the United States  China  Iran  and Saudi Arabia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45655703617589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0812242009","price":102.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780812242003.jpg?v=1781938798","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/energy-politics-9780812242003","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}