Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity (Record no. 106233)

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International Standard Book Number 9781461402879
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-4614-0287-9
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Subject category code SCI026000
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Classification number 333.7
Edition number 23
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Personal name Davidson, Debra J.
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Title Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity
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Statement of responsibility, etc by Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi.
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Extent XV, 232p. 80 illus., 47 illus. in color.
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Formatted contents note Look Who's Talking -- Observing Global Flows -- Visualizing the Tar Sands Through Time -- Capital, Labour, and the State -- Ecological Disruption -- Energy Matters -- Lessons from the Study -- A View from the Future -- Index.
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Summary, etc Two intersecting moments of the Twenty-first Century define our politics, economies, and future prospects for civilization: the mounting evidence for global climate change, now unequivocally attributed to socio-economic activities, and its de-stabilizing effects on our biosphere, combined with the end of easy oil and the easy wealth it generates. On the energy question, non-conventional fossil fuels have been promoted by political elites as the next most attractive development option. The development of nonconventional fuels, however, does nothing to alleviate either climate change or the falling rate of energy supply, and generates multiple social and environmental consequences. The largest endeavour marking this historic nexus—indeed the largest industrial project in history, is the extraction and processing of the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada. The social, environmental, and most importantly political outcomes of this grand experiment will reverberate throughout the global polity, and either encourage or caution against increasing our dependence on such non-conventional fuels and assuming the multiple costs such dependence will entail. Planning for reflexive societal change requires that we first ask how such giga-projects are legitimated, and who is challenging this legitimacy? In this book we trace how language and visual representations are used to reinforce or challenge the legitimacy of development of the Athabasca tar sands, and draw on our insights to contemplate likely energy and climate futures.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mines and mineral resources.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environment.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environment, general.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate Change.
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Personal name Gismondi, Mike.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781461402862
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0287-9
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