Full Description
This edited volume examines the impacts of the 2014-2015 decline in the price of oil. Participants will examine the economic, social and political consequences on states and regions, along with their responses. The following questions will be examined: what were the impacts for countries experiencing an energy revolution in shale and gas like the United States and Canada? What were the repercussions of the collapse on other states of the Western hemisphere dependent on oil for growth and development; countries like Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico? Were these outcomes similar to those experiences in other parts of world like Nigeria, Russia and other petro-producing countries? How do developing countries intend to cope with such drastic and sudden exogenous economic shock? Will there be any benefits for energy poor, consumer countries like China, India and European Union member states? Related to these issues are sustainable developmental questions and concerns about the environment. Will cheap oil force other alternative and renewable energy technologies out of the market given lack of competitiveness? Finally, the volume's chapters will discuss prospects for governance in the new oil environment.
Contents
Chapter 1 - Caribbean Energy Outlook - Anthony Bryan
Chapter 2 - Transitioning to Clean Energy in Central America - Christian Gomez
Chapter 3 - Will Argentina Go The Way of Venezuela? How Energy Profits Pose a Risk to Argentine Democracy - Gonzalo Molina
Chapter 4 - Commodity crisis in Colombia: A Reform Catalyst for an Exhausted Development -Model Andres Cala
Chapter 5 - After the Fall of Petrobras: Too Big to Fail ? Energy Policy in Brazil Afterwards - Marcelo Zorovich
Chapter 6 - Sustainable agriculture landscapes for production of biofuels in Brazil - José Maria Cardoso da Silvaa and Luis Cláudio Fernandes Barbosa
Chapter 7 - The European Union and Climate Change - The Post-COP21 World - Maxime Larive
Chapter 8 - China's Activities in the Petroleum, Renewable Energy, and Transmission Sectors of Latin America and the Caribbean - R. Evan Ellis
Chapter 9 - Chinese Oil Investments in Peru and Ecuador : Social Responsibility, Host Government Regulations and Host Civil Society - Wenyan Wu
Chapter 10 - The Fall of Energy Prices and Aggressive Foreign Policy the Case of Russia: Dina Moulioukova
Chapter 11 - Oil, political stability and the Middle East - Herbert Reginbogin
Chapter 12 - Sectarianism, Shale and Market-Share: Saudi Arabia and the American Challenge: Bradford McGuinn
Chapter 13 - Opposing Extractivism: Social Movements for Rights and Sustainability: Laura Carlsen
Chapter 14 - The BRICS Bank and Systemic Transformation in Energy: Hanna Samir Kassab
