ENERGY, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN THAILAND AND MYANMAR (BURMA) by Adam Simpson, Dr Philip Catney, Professor Timothy Doyle ( 9781409429937 )

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ENERGY, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN THAILAND AND MYANMAR (BURMA)
A CRITICAL APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS IN THE SOUTH

By:

Adam Simpson, Dr Philip Catney, Professor Timothy Doyle

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1409429938

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9781409429937

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

4 February, 2014

Series:

Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy

Pages:

278

Description:

Based on extensive fieldwork in the region this groundbreaking book explores the important role that environmental movements from these countries are playing in promoting effective energy and environmental governance. By comparing the nature of this activism under two very different political regimes.

Synopsis:

Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manifesting itself most visibly in Asia where rapid industrialisation in states such as China and India is fomenting a frantic scramble for energy resources. Due to entrenched societal inequities and widespread authoritarian governance, however, the pursuit of national energy security through transnational energy projects has resulted in devastating impacts on the human and environmental security of local populations. These effects are particularly evident in both Thailand and Myanmar (Burma), which, located at the crossroads of Asia, are increasingly engaged in the cross-border energy trade. Based on extensive fieldwork and theoretical analysis this ground-breaking book proposes a new critical approach to energy and environmental security and explores the important role that both local and transnational environmental movements are playing, in the absence of effective and democratic governments, in providing 'activist environmental governance' for energy projects throughout the region.By comparing the nature of this activism under two very different political regimes it delivers crucial theoretical insights with both academic and policy implications for the sustainable and equitable development of the South's natural resources.

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Includes 3 b&w illustrations

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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