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Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Carbon Democracy Political Power in the Age of Oil Author:Timothy Mitchell How oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisisCarbon Democracy provides a unique examination of the relationship between oil and democracy. Interweaving the history of energy, political analysis, and economic theory, Mitchell targets conventional wisdom regarding energy and governance. Emphasizing how oil and d... more »emocracy have intermixed, he argues that while coal provided the impetus for mass democracy, the shift to oil drastically limited democratic possibility; above all, the ability to confront contemporary ecological crises.« less