A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy

Oil, War, and Global Polity
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-230-11561-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4287 g

Reihe: The Economics of the Middle East

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and polity of the twenty-first century. Distilled in concrete terms, it elucidates the enigma of oil in view of the centrality of global social relations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bina, C.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Öl- und Gasindustrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. World Oil and the Crisis of Globalization 2. World of Modern Petroleum and the Oil Rent 3. OPEC: Beyond Political Battering and Economic Romanticism 4. The Globalization of Oil 5. Oil and Capital: 'Logic' of History and 'Logic' of Territory 6. Globalization of Energy 7. War, Oil, and Conundrum of Hegemony

Über Autor(innen)

Cyrus Bina is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota (Morris Campus), USA. He is the author and co-editor of several scholarly books, including , and ; and has written more than two hundred scholarly and policy pieces. He has also spoken extensively to the international media on issues pertinent to global sea change. He is currently editing a three-volume work entitled . Bina is a fellow of Economists for Peace and Security, and an editor for the .