1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461012803321

Titolo

Contested powers : the politics of enregy and develpoment in Latin America / / edited by John-Andrew McNeish, Axel Borchgrevink and Owen Logan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78360-095-0

1-78360-094-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

333.79098

Soggetti

Power resources - Political aspects - Latin America

Power resources - Economic aspects - Latin America

Economic development - Political aspects - Latin America

Energy industries - Environmental aspects - Latin America

Energy policy - Latin America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Editors; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Tables and Figures ; Map; 1: Introduction: Recovering Power from Energy - Reconsidering the Linkages Between Energy and Development ; Introduction ; Resource Sovereignties ; Contested Powers in Latin America ; A Politics of Renewables ; Beyond National and Regional Borders ; Development, Modernity and Power ; An Anthropology of Energy? ; Critical Institutionalism ; Critical Perspectives on the Energetic State ; The Story of This Book ; Notes ; References

2: Oil Extraction and Territorial Disputes in the Maya Biosphere Reserve Post-War Guatemala ; The Political History of Mining ; Laguna Del Tigre: A Strategic Territory ; The Xan Oil Well ; Population and Land Occupation ; Interest Groups and Social Conflict ; Creating Favourable Public Opinion ; Oil Contracts to the Detriment of National Interests ; The Controversial Role of the State ; The Consequences ; Final



Reflections ; Notes ; References ; Webpages ; 3: Gracias A Díos Y Al Gobierno: Electric Power Struggles in Nicaraguan Politics; Background: Nicaragua, State, Society and Electricity

Electric Power to the People Changing Opportunities for Popular Protest ; Conclusion ; Notes ; References ; 4: Wind at the Margins of the State: Autonomy and Renewable Energy Development in Southern Mexico ; Oaxacan Wind Power at a Crossroads ; An Anthropology of Failure ; In the Fading Light of the Black Sun ; Capturing the Meter ; Rescuing the Land from the Wind ; On Fish and Neoliberalism ; Conclusions: Downed Windmills ; Notes ; References ; 5: Oil and Environmental Injustice in Venezuela: An Ethnographic Study of Punta Cardón; Introduction ; Before the Arrival of the Oil Company

The First Contact with Oil People The Attraction of 'Black Gold'; Environmental and Social Impacts ; Dialogue of the Deaf ; Punta Cardón in the 1980's and 1990's ; Punta Cardón Today ; The Environmental Situation Today ; Diverging Epistemologies ; Memories Discarded ; Blaming the Fishermen ; The Politics of Payouts ; Punta Cardón and the Bolivarian Revolution ; Conclusion ; Notes ; References ; 6: 'Everything Moves with Fuel': Energy Politics and the Smuggling of Energy Resources ; Introduction ; Politics and Prices ; Protests and Responses ; Contraband

The Social Embeddedness of Cross-Border Trade Conclusions ; Notes ; References ; 7: The Continuous Negotiation of the Authority of Oil- and Gas-Dependent States: The Case of Bolivia ; The Theoretical Ground - Power, Institutions and Agency ; Public Policies in Countries Dependent on Non-Renewable Natural Resources ; Hydrocarbon Policy and Revenue Redistribution Mechanisms in Bolivia; The Gasolinazo and Government Justifications for Reducing Fuel Subsidies; The Violent Social Reaction to the Reduction in Fuel Subsidies ; Conclusions: Power, Sovereignty and Epistemology ; Notes ; References

8: Passive Revolution? Social and Political Struggles Surrounding Brazil's New-Found Oil Reservoirs

Sommario/riassunto

A study of the relationship between energy production and political power



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248010703316

Autore

Coleman Samuel <1946->

Titolo

Family Planning in Japanese Society : Traditional Birth Control in a Modern Urban Culture / / Samuel Coleman ; with a new foreword by Patricia G. Steinhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-4008-4399-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 269 p. ) : 9 ill. ;

Disciplina

306.810952

Soggetti

Marriage - Japan

Contraception - Japan

Birth control - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1983.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword to 1991 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER I Introduction: How the Japanese Limit Fertility -- CHAPTER 2 Resources for Terminating Pregnancies -- CHAPTER 3 Resources for Contraception -- CHAPTER 4 Abortion, the "Necessary Evil" -- CHAPTER 5 Making Do: Method Adoption and Performance -- CHAPTER 6 Conjugal Roles and Women's Status -- CHAPTER 7 Sexuality -- CHAPTER 8 Four Couples -- CHAPTER 9 What Would Bring About a Change? -- Appendices -- APPENDIX A Selection and Characteristics of the Questionnaire and Interview Samples -- APPENDIX B Translated Questionnaire Form -- APPENDIX C Selected Nationwide Japanese Surveys on Family Planning and Related Areas -- References in English -- References in Japanese -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book description for the previously published "Family Planning in Japanese Society: Traditional Birth Control in a Modern Urban Culture" is not yet available.