The Political Economy of Coal

This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts.

Autorentext

Michael Jakob is a senior fellow at the Ecologic Institute and a fellow at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany.

Jan C. Steckel is head of the Working Group Climate and Development at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany, and Chair of Climate- and Development Economics at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) in Cottbus.

Zusammenfassung
This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The political economy of coal PART I: Countries phasing out coal 2. Late and expensive: The political economy of coal phase-out in Germany 3. The political economy of coal in Bulgaria: The silent phase-out 4. Positioned for consensus: Market-based approaches, civil society and the role of the state in Chile's coal phase-out 5. Political economy of climate and energy policies in the United Kingdom 6. Unraveling the political economy of coal: Insights from the United States PART II: Established coal users 7. The political economy of coal: The case of China 8. The political economy of coal in India: Evidence from expert interviews 9. Exploring the political economy of coal: Insights from Turkey PART III: Countries phasing in coal 10. Competing energy visions in Kenya: The political economy of coal 11. Conglomerates and the Department of Energy promote coal development in the Philippines 12. Unraveling the political economy of coal: Insights from Vietnam PART IV: Coal exporters 13. Mining a fractured landscape: The political economy of coal in Australia 14. The political economy of coal in light of climate and mineral-energy policies: A case study from Colombia 15. Coal, power and coal-powered politics in Indonesia 16. The political economy of energy and climate policy in South Africa 17. The politics of coal: Lessons learnt from 15 country cases