A key long-term challenge faced by the United States and other leading world economies is breaking the link between economic growth and oil consumption. The energy price shocks of 1973 and 1979 showed the fragility of these dependent relationships and their impact on world politics. Alfred Marcus ably examines U.S. energy policymaking and reveals both the shortcomings and failures–as well as the surprising successes–of past energy-policy efforts. Following a review of events that transpired in the Persian Gulf after August, 1990, Marcus examines worldwide trends in energy production/consumption since the first energy-supply crisis of 1973. Ensuing chapters discuss the economics and politics of energy policy, the role(s) of markets and governments, and parts played by supplier and user nations from countries to cartels. Unique to this text is Marcus′s review of U.S. policies and reactions to energy shortages as compared with the experiences of other major consuming nations (Japan, France, and Great Britain). At a time when energy policy is among the most important issues in world politics, Controversial Issues in Energy Policy skillfully outlines new and enduring issues of energy policy for academics and students in public policy, political science, public administration, and economics, as well as policy makers. ‘Marcus provides a valuable insight into the dynamics of policy and politics around a vitally important resource.’ –Political Studies Association
Inhoudsopgave
PART ONE
An Introduction to Energy Policy
The Crisis in the Gulf
Energy Economics
US Government Policies
PART TWO
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Comparative Energy Policies
PART THREE
Synfuels
Nuclear Power
The Electric Utility Industry Faces the Future
Conclusion
Over de auteur
Alfred A. Marcus is the Edson Spencer Endowed Professor in strategy andtechnological leadership in the Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship Department at the Carlson School of Management, the University of Minnesota, and the Technological Leadership Institute in the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology. He is the author of Innovations in Sustainability: Fueland Food, published by Cambridge University Press in 2015 and the author of Strategies for Managing Uncertainty: Booms and Busts in the Energy Industry, published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. Innovations in Sustainabilitywon the “Outstanding Book” award in 2016 for the ONE division at the Academyof Management. He was coeditor of a special 2011 fall issue of the California Management Review on regulatory uncertainty and the natural environment.From 1995 to 2001, he was chair of the Strategic Management and Organization Department at the Carlson School. He has consulted with numerous major corporationsand has received grants from government agencies. Since 2006, he alsohas taught in the MBA program of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Hereceived his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and his Ph D from Harvard University. In 2005 and 2015, he won the outstanding teacherof the year award in the Carlson School MBA programs, and he has won a similaraward at the Technion.
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