Controversial Issues in Energy Policy

by Alfred A. Marcus

Book Overview

How has the world coped with past energy crises? In this volume, Marcus reveals both the shortcomings and failures and the surprising successes of past efforts. With the decline of the Cold War, energy policy issues are among the most important factors in world politics. Energy policies provide a new context for the evolution of other internationally significant policies; namely, global trade, new Eastern European economies and emerging environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803939701
• ISBN13: 9780803939707
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource for Information on Energy Policy

Although this did not provide me with the most personally enjoyable reading time, I did value it for its purpose: a discussion of energy policy. Those specifically interested in the energy crisis and petroleum resources would find this textbook enlightening.