TY - BOOK ID - 66116138 TI - The Energy of Russia : Hydrocarbon Culture and Climate Change PY - 2019 SN - 9781788978590 PB - Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, DB - UniCat KW - ENERGY POLICY--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) KW - ENERGY INDUSTRIES--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) KW - HYDROCARBONS--ECONOMIC ASPECTS--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66116138 AB - This timely book analyses the status of hydrocarbon energy in Russia as both a saleable commodity and as a source of societal and political power. Through empirical studies in domestic and foreign policy contexts, the author explores the development of a hydrocarbon culture in Russia and the impact this has on its politics, identity and approach to climate change and renewable energy. Cogent and compelling, this book demonstrates how the Russian state leverages its oil and gas reserves in order to create and maintain power both domestically and internationally. The author uses empirical studies of key topics such as the national gas programme Gazprom, the Arctic, climate discourse and anthropogenic climate change denial, and the Russia-Finland energy trade to critically examine the situation. The book concludes with a convincing argument for the potential of renewable energy to build a more resilient and sustainable future for Russia and how this might be achieved. ER -