Urban Sprawl Global Warming And The Empire Of Capital

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Urban Sprawl Global Warming And The Empire Of Capital

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2009-03-05

Urban Sprawl Global Warming And The Empire Of Capital written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-05 with Political Science categories.

Argues that the United States refuses to address global warming because of the reliance of the American economy on urban sprawl.

American Empire And The Canadian Oil Sands

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-08

American Empire And The Canadian Oil Sands written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with Political Science categories.

Throughout the US oil and gas shale are being 'hydrofracked' to produce petroleum and natural gas. Oil (or tar) sands from Canada is being 'processed' – thereby generating large amounts of crude. This book places the unconventional fossil fuels revolution that is taking place in North America within the context of great power politics.

Energy And Empire

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-09-07

Energy And Empire written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-07 with Political Science categories.

What set the United States on the path to developing commercial nuclear energy in the 1950s, and what led to the seeming demise of that industry in the late 1970s? Why, in spite of the depletion of fossil fuels and the obvious dangers of global warming, has the United States moved so slowly toward adopting alternatives? In Energy and Empire, George A. Gonzalez presents a clear and concise argument demonstrating that economic elites tied their advocacy of the nuclear energy option to post-1945 American foreign policy goals. At the same time, these elites opposed government support for other forms of energy, such as solar, that cannot be dominated by one nation. While researchers have blamed safety concerns and other factors as helping to arrest the expansion of domestic nuclear power plant construction, Gonzalez points to an entirely different set of motivations stemming from the loss of America's domination/control of the enrichment of nuclear fuel. Once foreign countries could enrich their own fuel, civilian nuclear power ceased to be a lever the United States could use to economically/politically dominate other nations. Instead, it became a major concern relating to nuclear weapons proliferation.

Energy And The Politics Of The North Atlantic

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2013-06-20

Energy And The Politics Of The North Atlantic written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-20 with Political Science categories.

Since the onset of the Second Industrial Revolution in the second half of the nineteenth century, energy has become a key axis of politics and international relations, particularly for the United States and Western Europe. In Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic, George A. Gonzalez documents how the United States—thanks to its copious reserves of oil, coal, and natural gas—was able to assume a dominant position in the world system by the 1920s. This energy/economic imbalance was an important causal factor underlying the eruption of World War II. After 1945, and in the context of the Cold War with communism, the United States used its access to both fossil fuels and nuclear power as a means to defeat the Soviet Union and its allies. Driving American foreign policy, Gonzalez argues, is a domestic system of urban sprawl based on the automobile and the energy reserves necessary to maintain it. The massive consumer demand created by urban sprawl underpins US foreign policy in the Middle East, while concerns over access to energy drive the European Union project.

Corporate Power And The Environment

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2001

Corporate Power And The Environment written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.

Environmental policy is broadly viewed as an oasis of democracy, unspoiled by crass capitalism and undominated by corporate interests. This book counters that view. The focus of Corporate Power and the Environment is on how U.S. economic elites--corporate decisionmakers and other individuals of substantial wealth--shape the content and implementation of U.S. environmental policy to their economic and political benefit. The author uses the management of the national forests and national parks, as well as wilderness preservation policies and federal clean air policies, as case studies to show corporate power in action in even the purest of policy arenas. Visit our Web site for sample chapters!

Energy And Empire

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2012-09-01

Energy And Empire written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Political Science categories.

What set the United States on the path to developing commercial nuclear energy in the 1950s, and what led to the seeming demise of that industry in the late 1970s? Why, in spite of the depletion of fossil fuels and the obvious dangers of global warming, has the United States moved so slowly toward adopting alternatives? In Energy and Empire, George A. Gonzalez presents a clear and concise argument demonstrating that economic elites tied their advocacy of the nuclear energy option to post-1945 American foreign policy goals. At the same time, these elites opposed government support for other forms of energy, such as solar, that cannot be dominated by one nation. While researchers have blamed safety concerns and other factors as helping to arrest the expansion of domestic nuclear power plant construction, Gonzalez points to an entirely different set of motivations stemming from the loss of America’s domination/control of the enrichment of nuclear fuel. Once foreign countries could enrich their own fuel, civilian nuclear power ceased to be a lever the United States could use to economically/politically dominate other nations. Instead, it became a major concern relating to nuclear weapons proliferation.

Urban Areas And Global Climate Change

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Author : William Holt
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-12

Urban Areas And Global Climate Change written by William Holt and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-12 with Social Science categories.

Examining urban environmental issues at the macro, municipal level down to the micro community and individual level, this volume features cities and metropolitan regions across the global north and south with case studies from the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe to India, Central America, South America and Africa.

Sprawl Justice And Citizenship

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Author : Thad Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2010-05-12

Sprawl Justice And Citizenship written by Thad Williamson and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-12 with Political Science categories.

This work highlights the deleterious effects of sprawl on civic life in America in an evenhanded way, not dismissing the pastoral, homeowning ideal that is at the root of sprawl, and sympathetic to the vast numbers of Americans who very clearly prefer it.

Star Trek And The Politics Of Globalism

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Author : George A. Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-07-18

Star Trek And The Politics Of Globalism written by George A. Gonzalez and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-18 with Philosophy categories.

The Absolute, philosophized most saliently about by Georg Hegel, encompasses the entirety of reality. The absolute (reality) is composed of five dimensions – height, length, width, time, and justice. The five dimensions operate dialectically, and the normative values of reality inhere within the fifth dimension (justice) – hard, soft, moral, ethical, yellow, etc. ad infinitum. The normative values from the fifth dimension (justice), in combination with the brain, comprise the human mind. With the issues of climate change, world-wide biosphere destruction, nuclear weapons, international trade regimes, humanity has created the phenomenon of global politics – thereby changing the fifth dimension. The argument in this volume is that the broadcast iterations of Star Trek allow us to comprehend significant aspects of justice and the politics of globalism – created through the advent of science, technology, engineering, etc. The creators of Star Trek hold that nationalism is a psychological pathology and internationalism is rationality.

Retrofitting Sprawl

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Author : Emily Talen
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2015-08-15

Retrofitting Sprawl written by Emily Talen and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-15 with Political Science categories.

These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited “recycling the suburbs” as the second of “Ten Ideas Changing the World Right Now.” While most conversations on sprawl tend to focus on its restriction, this book presents an overview of current thinking on ways to fix, repair, and retrofit existing sprawl. Chapters by planners, geographers, designers, and architects present research grounded in diverse locales including Phoenix, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; Dublin, Ohio; and the Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. metro areas. The authors address head-on the most controversial aspects of sprawl—issues of power and control, justice and equity, and American attitudes about regulating private development. But they also put these issues in practical contexts, bringing in examples of redesign that are already occurring around the country, including the retrofitting of corridors and the repurposing of cul-de-sacs. Whether fixing sprawl requires a “cultural shift” in thinking or a “coordinated effort” by local government, these essays testify that a combination of forethought and creative thinking will be needed.