The problems of plenty: Energy policy and international politics

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6609815

Cowhey, P F

This book is a study of the interplay of technology, economics, and politics in the world energy market. It particularly emphasizes how shifting international coalitions of governments and businesses have altered the world energy market since 1914. Economic shifts may have several causes: new technology, changing patterns of supply and demand, or the reordering of political arrangements within and between countries. Whatever the reason, governments and corporations find that old strategies no longer suffice. Success comes to countries and firms that devise the most successful strategies for exploiting the crises. This book shows how statesmen and businessmen have satisfied political and economic necessity while exploiting political and economic opportunities. It identifies the major elements of the international strategies of the principal actors in world energy markets, asks why coalitions selected a given strategy, and probes the consequences of their choices.

• OSTI ID: 6609815
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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