{"product_id":"the-routledge-handbook-of-energy-benjamin-k-sovacool-9780415591171","title":"The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often overlooked. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume identifies varying definitions and dimensions of energy security, including those that prioritize security of supply and affordability alongside those that emphasize availability, energy efficiency, trade, environmental quality, and social and political stewardship. It also explores the various metrics that can be used to give energy security more coherence, and also to enable it to be measured, including recent attempts to measure energy security progress at the national level, with a special emphasis placed on countries within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), countries within Asia, and industrialized countries worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Handbook: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Broadens existing discussions of energy security that center on access to fuels, including \"oil security\" and \"coal security.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Focuses not only on the supply side of energy but also the demand, taking a hard look at energy services and politics along with technologies and infrastructure;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Investigates energy security issues such as energy poverty, equity and access, and development;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Analyzes ways to index and measure energy security progress at the national and international level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of energy security, energy policy, economics, environmental studies, and IR\/Security Studies in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin K. Sovacool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415591171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415591171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 88","brand":"Benjamin K. Sovacool","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621725614335,"sku":"9780415591171","price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-routledge-handbook-of-energy-benjamin-k-sovacool-9780415591171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}