Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil/ (Record no. 4878)
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| fixed length control field | 01856nam a2200181Ia 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 4878 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250217s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781781681169 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mitchell, Timothy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6975 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Timothy Mitchell |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Verso; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 292p; |
| Dimensions | 21x13cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Examines the simultaneous rise of fossil-fueled capitalism and mass democracy, as well how the changes in fuel production have expanded and restricted possibilities for democratic governance. "Does oil wealth lead to political poverty? It often looks that way, but Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story. In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp as he does so environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers who oversaw its production acquired the ability to shut down energy systems, a threat they used to build the first mass democracies. Oil offered the West an alternative, and with it came a new form of politics. Oil created a denatured political life whose central object - the economy - appeared capable of infinite growth. What followed was a Western democracy dependent on an undemocratic Middle East. We now live with the consequences: an impoverished political practice, incapable of addressing the crises that threaten to end the age of carbon democracy - namely, the disappearance of cheap energy and the carbon-fueled collapse of the ecological order."-- Publisher's description. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Fossil fuel economy- political aspect |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6976 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HD66-66.2 Industries. Land use. Labor- Management. Industrial management- Work groups. Team work in industry. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6977 |
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| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Social Sciences | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | Reading Room- Time Is Out Of Joint | HD28-9999 133.408 | 4878 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |