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  • Energy and Ethics

    Justice and the Global Energy Challenge

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Benjamin K. Sovacool applies concepts from justice and ethics theory to contemporary energy problems, and illustrates particular solutions to those problems with examples and case studies from around the world. ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • Visions of Energy Futures

    Imagining and Innovating Low-Carbon Transitions

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Energy Transitions
    This book examines the visions, fantasies, frames, discourses, imaginaries, and expectations associated with six state-of-the-art energy systems—nuclear power, hydrogen fuel cells, shale gas, clean coal, smart meters, and electric vehicles—playing a key role in current deliberations about low-carbon energy supply and use.Visions of Energy Futures: Imagining and Innovating Low-Carbon Transitions ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Global Energy Politics

    de Thijs Van de Graaf, Benjamin K. Sovacool ...
    Ever since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics. From the oil crises of the 1970s to today’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources, every shift in global energy patterns has important repercussions for international relations.In this new book, Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin Sovacool uncover the intricate ways in which our energy systems have shaped global ... Leer más

    $22.00 USD

  • Global Energy Justice

    Problems, Principles, and Practices

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool, Michael H. Dworkin ...
    We need new ways of thinking about, and approaching, the world's energy problems. Global energy security and access is one of the central justice issues of our time, with profound implications for happiness, welfare, freedom, equity, and due process. This book combines up-to-date data on global energy security and climate change with fresh perspectives on the meaning of justice in social decision ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy

    Fifteen Contentious Questions

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown, Scott V. Valentine ...
    A balanced examination of global energy issues.Energy sustainability and climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humankind. Unraveling these complex and interconnected issues demands careful and objective assessment. Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy aims to change the prevailing discourse by examining fifteen core energy questions from a variety of perspectives, ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Energy Access, Poverty, and Development

    The Governance of Small-Scale Renewable Energy in Developing Asia

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool, Ira Martina Drupady ...
    This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • The National Politics of Nuclear Power

    Economics, Security, and Governance

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis.The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for embarking on nuclear power programs: (1) national security and secrecy, (2) technocratic ideology, (3) ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Vehicle-to-Grid

    A Sociotechnical Transition Beyond Electric Mobility

    de Lance Noel, Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens, Johannes Kester, Benjamin K. Sovacool ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book defines and charts the barriers and future of vehicle-to-grid technology: a technology that could dramatically reduce emissions, create revenue, and accelerate the adoption of battery electric cars. This technology connects the electric power grid and the transportation system in ways that will enable electric vehicles to store renewable energy and offer valuable services to the ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Energy Security, Equality and Justice

    de Benjamin K. Sovacool, Roman V. Sidortsov, Benjamin R. Jones ...
    This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology.In doing so, the authors derive two key energy justice principles from modern theories of distributive justice, procedural justice, and cosmopolitan justice. The prohibitive principle states that "energy systems ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation

    de Björn-Ola Linnér, Benjamin K. Sovacool ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Drawing on concepts in political economy, political ecology, justice theory, and critical development studies, the authors offer the first comprehensive, systematic exploration of the ways in which adaptation projects can produce unintended, undesirable results.This work is on the Global Policy: Next Generation list of six key books for understanding the politics of global climate change. ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

  • Powering the Green Economy

    The Feed-in Tariff Handbook

    de Miguel Mendonca, David Jacobs, Benjamin K. Sovacool ...
    Effective policy is vital for creating greener economies, new jobs and industries, for securing energy supplies and for protecting the climate and environment. As renewable energy is fundamental to achieving all of these objectives, it too needs the best possible policy to drive it. Feed-in tariffs have proven to deliver the fastest, most cost-effective and inclusive deployment, by allowing anyone ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Empowering the Great Energy Transition

    Policy for a Low-Carbon Future

    de Scott Valentine, Benjamin Sovacool, Marilyn Brown ...
    At a time when climate-change deniers hold the reins of power in the United States and international greenhouse gas negotiations continue at a slow crawl, what options are available to cities, companies, and consumers around the world who seek a cleaner future? Scott Victor Valentine, Marilyn A. Brown, and Benjamin K. Sovacool explore developments and strategies that will help fast-track the ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD