20710641 - HISTORY AND POLITICS OF ENERGY

Il corso si concentrerà sulla storia politica dell'energia e sulle conseguenze ambientali dell'emergere di diversi regimi energetici dall'inizio del XX secolo ai giorni nostri.
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Mutuazione: 20710641 HISTORY AND POLITICS OF ENERGY in Strategie culturali per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo LM-81 R GARAVINI GIULIANO

Core Documentation

For "non frequentanti" (3 books):

1. Textbook:
- Bruce Podobnik, "Global Energy Shifts. Fostering Sustainability in a Turbulent Age"

2. One book among the following:
- Giuliano Garavini, "The Rise and Fall of OPEC in the 20th Century"
- Adam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market"
- Stephen G. Gross, "Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change"
- Brett Christophers, "The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet"

2. Thea Riofrancos, "The Frontiers of Green Capitalism"

Attendance

Compulsory with max 2 absences

Type of evaluation

- Each student will volunteer for one presentation; - Each student will prepare for the end of the class an essay (2500 words max) that might also be on the same topic as his class presentation. - The final exam will be an oral exam. Exams: Presentation and class participation: 25% Essay: 25% Final exam: 50% Total: 100%