Does oil wealth lead to political poverty? It often looks that way, but Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story. In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp as he does so environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers ...(展开全部)

In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers who oversaw its development acquired the ability to shut down energy systems, a threat they used to build the first mass democracie...(展开全部)

Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from...(展开全部)

Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from...(展开全部)

埃里克·罗斯顿，哥伦比亚大学欧洲史学士、俄罗斯史硕士，精通俄语。曾在《时代》周刊做过六年的科技、科学政策和能源议题的报道撰稿人，曾参与《时代》“911”特刊的策划撰稿，并以这期增刊赢得了2002年美国国家杂志奖。后任美国彭博新闻社编辑，负责报道能源、自然资源和可持续发展方面的新闻。现为美国国家发展委员会的高级分析师。本书是他第一次对影响全球气候的根本因素——碳的历史做全面阐述，他深入浅出的写作方式，使人有如倾听一部宇宙、地球、碳和人类文明的史诗。

埃里克·罗斯顿，哥伦比亚大学欧洲史学士、俄罗斯史硕士，精通俄语。曾在《时代》周刊做过六年的科技、科学政策和能源议题的报道撰稿人，曾参与《时代》“911”特刊的策划撰稿，并以这期增刊赢得了2002年美国国家杂志奖。后任美国彭博新闻社编辑，负责报道能源、自然资源和可持续发展方面的新闻。现为美国国家发展委员会的高级分析师。本书是他第一次对影响全球气候的根本因素——碳的历史做全面阐述，他深入浅出的写作方式，使人有如倾听一部宇宙、地球、碳和人类文明的史诗。

作者:(美国)布鲁斯·宾伯(Bimber B.) 译者:刘钢 等

Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, "Unequal Democracy" debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased sli...(展开全部)

Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, "Unequal Democracy" debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased sli...(展开全部)

In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation", Otfried Hoffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the demands, which the process of globalization exerts on the political organisations of humanity. The author starts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisation and frees its concept from its economistic narrowing: Globalisation is a comprehensive process which puts new strains on...(展开全部)