The Political Economy of Electricity: Progressive Capitalism and the Struggle to Build a Sustainable Power Sector

Author:   Mark Cooper
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9781440853425


Pages:   472
Publication Date:   24 April 2017
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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The Political Economy of Electricity: Progressive Capitalism and the Struggle to Build a Sustainable Power Sector


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Author:   Mark Cooper
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781440853425


ISBN 10:   1440853428
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   24 April 2017
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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"Series Foreword PART I: HISTORICAL CONTEXT Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Political Economy of the Paris Agreement, Technological Progress, and the Decarbonization-Development Dilemma PART II: ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK Chapter 3 The Technological Revolutions of Industrial Capitalism Chapter 4 The Innovation System of Progressive Capitalism PART III: THE COMPLEXITY OF RESOURCE SELECTION IN A LOW-CARBON ELECTRICITY SECTOR Chapter 5 The Cost of Electricity in a Low-Carbon Future Chapter 6 Energy Potential and Institutional Resource Needs PART IV: CHALLENGES Chapter 7 Conceptualizing Market Imperfections Chapter 8 The Nuclear War Against the Future PART V: POLICY RESPONSES AND DECISIONMAKING TOOLS Chapter 9 The Urgent Need for Policy Action: ""Command but Not Control"" Chapter 10 Decision Making and the Terrain of Knowledge Chapter 11 Application of Multicriteria Portfolio Analysis Epilogue: The Importance of Local Support for Global Climate Policy If the United States Flip-Flops on the Paris Agreement Appendix I: Democratic Equality and the Encyclical on Climate Change as Progressive Capitalism Appendix II: Conceptual Specification of Market Imperfections Appendix III: Empirical Evidence on Policy Directly Evaluating Price in the Climate Change Analysis Notes Bibliography Index"

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Mark Cooper is Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.

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