What set the United States on the path to developing commercial nuclear energy in the 1950s, and what led to the seeming demise of that industry in the late 1970s? Why, in spite of the depletion of fossil fuels and the obvious dangers of global warming, has the United States moved so slowly toward adopting alternatives? In Energy and Empire, George A. Gonzalez presents a clear and concise argument demonstrating that economic elites tied their advocacy of the nuclear energy option to post-1945 American foreign policy goals. At the same time, these elites opposed government support for other forms of energy, such as solar, that cannot be dominated by one nation. While researchers have blamed safety concerns and other factors as helping to arrest the expansion of domestic nuclear power plant construction, Gonzalez points to an entirely different set of motivations stemming from the loss of America’s domination/control of the enrichment of nuclear fuel. Once foreign countries could enrich their own fuel, civilian nuclear power ceased to be a lever the United States could use to economically/politically dominate other nations. Instead, it became a major concern relating to nuclear weapons proliferation.
Spis treści
1. The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Energy2. The Political Economy of U.S. Energy Policy
3. U.S. Economic Elites, Nuclear Power, and Solar Energy
4. Urban Sprawl as Economic Stimulus
5. Global Oil Politics
6. Energy Politics and Urban Sprawl
Conclusion: Urban Sprawl, Energy, and the Failure of Empire
End Notes
Bibliography
O autorze
George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. His books includeUrban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital;
The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion; and
Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking: Controversies in Achieving Sustainability (coedited with Sheldon Kamieniecki and Robert O. Vos), all published by SUNY Press.
Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● Strony 176 ● ISBN 9781438442969 ● Rozmiar pliku 0.6 MB ● Wydawca State University of New York Press ● Opublikowany 2012 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 7666983 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM
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