The Political Economy of Coal

ISBN-13: 9780367491048 / Miękka / 2023 / 340 str.

Opis

This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts.

Recenzje

"The Political Economy of Coal is a cogent comparative analysis of coal policies and output trends worldwide, using a comparative statics supply-demand political economy framework. It groups countries into four distinct categories, across which forces driving moves toward or away from coal differ. It illuminates important issues and could point the way toward identifying strategies that internal or external actors could use to reduce coal use and emissions." Robert O. Keohane, Professor Emeritus, School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University, USA

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The political economy of coal  PART I: Countries phasing out coal  2. Late and expensive: The political economy of coal phase-out in Germany  3. The political economy of coal in Bulgaria: The silent phase-out  4. Positioned for consensus: Market-based approaches, civil society and the role of the state in Chile’s coal phase-out  5. Political economy of climate and energy policies in the United Kingdom  6. Unraveling the political economy of coal: Insights from the United States  PART II: Established coal users  7. The political economy of coal: The case of China  8. The political economy of coal in India: Evidence from expert interviews  9. Exploring the political economy of coal: Insights from Turkey  PART III: Countries phasing in coal  10. Competing energy visions in Kenya: The political economy of coal  11. Conglomerates and the Department of Energy promote coal development in the Philippines  12. Unraveling the political economy of coal: Insights from Vietnam  PART IV: Coal exporters  13. Mining a fractured landscape: The political economy of coal in Australia  14. The political economy of coal in light of climate and mineral-energy policies: A case study from Colombia  15. Coal, power and coal-powered politics in Indonesia  16. The political economy of energy and climate policy in South Africa  17. The politics of coal: Lessons learnt from 15 country cases

O autorze

Michael Jakob is a senior fellow at the Ecologic Institute and a fellow at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany.

Jan C. Steckel is head of the Working Group “Climate and Development” at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany, and Chair of Climate- and Development Economics at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) in Cottbus.