Oil, globalization, and the war for the arctic refuge / David M. Standlea.

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Standlea, David M, 1956-

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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSE | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.Publication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 209 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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1423755782
9781423755784
0791466310
0791466329
9780791466315
9780791466322
9780791482391
0791482391

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Oil, globalization, and the war for the arctic refuge.DDC classification:

338.2/7282/0973 22

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HD9567.A4 S72 2006eb

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Contents:

Oil and the corporate state -- Globalism, oil, and the power elites -- Background to battle: the thirty years' war -- The oil companies: a legacy of global power -- The corporate state -- The culture of corporate spin -- Sustainability and justice -- The environmentalists: visions under siege -- The Gwich'in: a fight to the end -- The religious community: philosophers of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Prophets vs. profits: future scenarios and outcomes.

Summary: "The global consumption of fossil fuels is dramatically rising, while inversely, the supply is in permanent decline. The "end of oil" threatens the very future of Western civilization. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge examines the politics of drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and presents this controversy as a precursor of future "resource wars" where ideas and values collide and polarize. The reader is introduced to the primary participants involved: global corporations, politicians, nongovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples and organizations, and human rights/religious organizations. Author David M. Standlea argues in favor of seeing this comparatively "local" conflict as part of a larger struggle between the proponents of an alternative, positive vision for the future and an American culture presently willing to sacrifice that future for immediate profit."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-193) and index.

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"The global consumption of fossil fuels is dramatically rising, while inversely, the supply is in permanent decline. The "end of oil" threatens the very future of Western civilization. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge examines the politics of drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and presents this controversy as a precursor of future "resource wars" where ideas and values collide and polarize. The reader is introduced to the primary participants involved: global corporations, politicians, nongovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples and organizations, and human rights/religious organizations. Author David M. Standlea argues in favor of seeing this comparatively "local" conflict as part of a larger struggle between the proponents of an alternative, positive vision for the future and an American culture presently willing to sacrifice that future for immediate profit."--Jacket.

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