International handbook of energy security
By: edited by Hugh Dyer, Maria Julia Trombetta
Contributors: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781781007891; 9781781007907
Subjects: Energy policy; Power resources; Climatic changes; International cooperation
Description: This Handbook should be consulted by anybody interested in the issue of energy security. It convincingly demonstrates why the provision of energy is such a contentious issue, addressing the complex interaction of economic, social, environmental, technical and political aspects involved. The book is particularly valuable in investigating and highlighting processes in which (inter)national actors apply this variety of aspects in (re)constructing their notion of "energy security", its particular meaning and the implications thereof. Such understanding of energy security is helpful! Aad F. Correljé, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Energy security has for long been treated as an issue of pure geopolitics. Hugh Dyer and Maria Julia Trombetta aim at broadening energy security debates and extend them to new agendas. Their excellent Handbook offers a fresh perspective on four crucial dimensions: supply, demand, environment and human security. A diverse group of international energy scholars provides for an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of key contemporary energy problems, ranging from an oil producers perspectives on energy security to ethical dimensions of renewable energy and climate governance. Andreas Goldthau, Central European University, Hungary This Handbook brings together energy security experts to explore the implications of framing the energy debate in security terms, both in respect of the governance of energy systems and the practices associated with energy security. The contributors expertly review and analyse the key aspects and research issues in the emerging field of energy security, test the current state of knowledge, and provide suggestions for reflection and further analysis. This involves providing an account of the multiplicity of discourses and meanings of energy security, and contextualizing them. They also suggest a rewriting of energy security discourses and their representation in purely economic terms. This volume examines energy security and its conceptual and practical challenges from the perspectives of security of supply, security of demand, environmental change and human security. It will prove essential for students in the fields of global, international and national politics of energy, economics, and society as well as engineering. It will also appeal to policy practitioners and anybody interested in keeping the lights on, avoiding climate change, and providing a secure future for humanity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Introduction; title: pt. II. Energy security issues; title: pt. III. Security of energy supply; title: pt. IV. Security of energy demand; title: pt. V. Energy, the environment and security; title: pt. VI. Energy and human security; title: pt. VII. Conclusions.