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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sophia Kalantzakos (Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy, Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy, New York University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.00cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780190670931ISBN 10: 0190670932 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 28 December 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Rare Earths: A Crisis in the Making Chapter 1: Resource Competition, Mineral Scarcity, and Economic Statecraft Chapter 2: What are Rare Earths? Chapter 3: Salt and Oil: Strategic Parallels Chapter 4: How China Came to Dominate the Rare Earth Industry Conclusions: Rare Earths: Paradigms of Connection and Disruption Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsWith insight and informed analysis, Kalantzakos demonstrates how the 2010 rare earth metals crisis and China's monopoly of them may be a harbinger of world geopolitics to come. Given the vital role of rare earth metals to modern economies, Kalantzakos' book offers a comprehensively researched and incisively written account of one way the 21st century may be 'China's century'. It challenges conventional understandings of international relations and international political economy, and how we need new thinking to cope with complexity, technological innovation, and the dynamic between competition and cooperation as solutions to resource scarcity. This is an important book offering new ways of thinking about global geopolitics in the decades ahead. -John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy, Queens University Belfast China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths is a groundbreaking study of the newest global conflict over natural resources. Kalantzakos' account is immensely readable, and without any doubt the best study currently available of the political, economic, and environmental challenges of the rare earths crisis. -Christof Mauch, Director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich With insight and informed analysis, Kalantzakos demonstrates how the 2010 rare earth metals crisis and China's monopoly of them may be a harbinger of world geopolitics to come. Given the vital role of rare earth metals to modern economies, Kalantzakos' book offers a comprehensively researched and incisively written account of one way the 21st century may be 'China's century'. It challenges conventional understandings of international relations and international political economy, and how we need new thinking to cope with complexity, technological innovation, and the dynamic between competition and cooperation as solutions to resource scarcity. This is an important book offering new ways of thinking about global geopolitics in the decades ahead. -John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy, Queens University Belfast China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths is a groundbreaking study of the newest global conflict over natural resources. Kalantzakos' account is immensely readable, and without any doubt the best study currently available of the political, economic, and environmental challenges of the rare earths crisis. -Christof Mauch, Director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich Author InformationSophia Kalantzakos is Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy at New York University and currently an affiliate at NYU Abu Dhabi. Her publications include China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths and The EU, US, and China Tackling Climate Change: Policies and Alliances for the Anthropocene. Calling on her prior experience as a member of the Hellenic Parliament and Government Minister with substantial international experience in EU policies and NATO, she focuses on challenges that are reshaping international politics across the globe such as cross-border mobility and forced migration, resource competition, and global environmental governance. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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