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Global Energy Politics
Ever since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics. From the oil crises of the 1970s to today’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources, every shift in global energy patterns has important repercussions for international relations.
In this new book, Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin Sovacool uncover the intricate ways in which our energy systems have shaped global outcomes in four key areas of world security, the economy, the environment and global justice. Moving beyond the narrow geopolitical focus that has dominated much of the discussion on global energy politics, they also deftly trace the connections between energy, environmental politics, and community activism.
The authors argue that we are on the cusp of a global energy shift that promises to be no less transformative for the pursuit of wealth and power in world politics than the historical shifts from wood to coal and from coal to oil. This ongoing energy transformation will not only upend the global balance of power; it could also fundamentally transfer political authority away from the nation state, empowering citizens, regions and local communities.
Global Energy Politics will be an essential resource for students of the social sciences grappling with the major energy issues of our times.
In this new book, Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin Sovacool uncover the intricate ways in which our energy systems have shaped global outcomes in four key areas of world security, the economy, the environment and global justice. Moving beyond the narrow geopolitical focus that has dominated much of the discussion on global energy politics, they also deftly trace the connections between energy, environmental politics, and community activism.
The authors argue that we are on the cusp of a global energy shift that promises to be no less transformative for the pursuit of wealth and power in world politics than the historical shifts from wood to coal and from coal to oil. This ongoing energy transformation will not only upend the global balance of power; it could also fundamentally transfer political authority away from the nation state, empowering citizens, regions and local communities.
Global Energy Politics will be an essential resource for students of the social sciences grappling with the major energy issues of our times.
- GenresPolitics
298 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 2020
About the author
Thijs Van de Graaf
6 books6 followersThijs Van de Graaf teaches and conducts research in the areas of energy politics and international relations. His current work focuses in particular on the geopolitics and international governance of the energy transformation and decarbonisation. His most recent books include Global Energy Politics (Polity, 2020) and The Palgrave Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy (Palgrave, 2016). In 2018-2019, he served as the lead author of the report ‘A New World: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation’, commissioned by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Thijs Van de Graaf is a member of the editorial boards of Energy Research & Social Science (Elsevier), International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (Springer) and Humanities & Social Science Communications (Palgrave/Nature Publishing Group). He has been an invited speaker to Princeton University (US), the Balsillie School (Waterloo), National University of Singapore, Korea Development Institute (Seoul), Shanghai Institute for International Studies (Shanghai), and Warwick Business School (UK), among others.
Thijs Van de Graaf is a member of the editorial boards of Energy Research & Social Science (Elsevier), International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (Springer) and Humanities & Social Science Communications (Palgrave/Nature Publishing Group). He has been an invited speaker to Princeton University (US), the Balsillie School (Waterloo), National University of Singapore, Korea Development Institute (Seoul), Shanghai Institute for International Studies (Shanghai), and Warwick Business School (UK), among others.
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