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Energy industries --- Energy policy --- Power resources --- Sustainable development --- History
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In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the citizens of Great Britain faced a formidable challenge: coal resources seemed destined to run out and commentators were unable to foresee a viable alternative fuel. To address the crisis, military strategists were urged to seize control of coal in foreign lands, and companies were encouraged to increase domestic production of the resource. In Global Energy Shifts, Bruce Podobnik draws intriguing parallels between the ""coal panics"" that once swept through Britain and the ""oil panics"" that grip the world today. His concis
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This volume examines the emergence of the movement of resistance that has arisen to challenge neoliberal forms of globalization. The co-authors of this book describe how workers, environmentalists, human rights activists, and a wide variety of other groups have joined together to protest against institutions such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. Ongoing challenges facing the movement are objectively reviewed. Authors also highlight the continuing vitality of the movement in the post 9/11 period. By providing a collection of social scientific analyses, this volume significantly advances our understanding of what is probably the most important progressive movement of our time.
Anti-globalization movement. --- Social movements. --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Alternative globalization movement --- Anti-capitalist movement --- Anti-corporate movement --- Fair trade movement --- Global justice movement --- Protest movements --- Globalization --- Alter-globalist movement --- Anticorporate movement --- Antiglobalization movement
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