Crisis amid Plenty : The Politics of Soviet Energy under Brezhnev and Gorbachev / / Thane Gustafson

• Record Nr.: UNISA996248272503316
• Autore: Gustafson Thane
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-691-02340-9; 1-4008-6054-7; 0-691-60822-9; 0-691-63669-9
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Princeton Legacy Library ; ; 1028
• Disciplina: 333.7915
• Soggetti: Gas industry - Government policy - Soviet Union; Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Soviet Union; Energy policy - Soviet Union; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- ONE. The Soviet Energy Crisis and the Problem of Reform -- Two. The Evolution of Soviet Energy Policy, 1970-1988 -- THREE. Origins of the First Soviet Oil Crisis, 1970-1982 -- FOUR. The Second Oil Crisis, 1982-1988 -- FIVE. The Soviet Gas Campaign, 1970-1988 -- SIX. Industrial Support for the Oil and Gas Campaigns: The Interaction of Domestic Policy and Import Strategy -- SEVEN. The Slow Move to Conservation -- EIGHT. Soviet Energy Exports: From Free Ride to Rude Awakening -- NINE. Explaining the Soviet Energy Crisis: System versus Leadership -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX: Drilling Statistics -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Although the Soviet Union has the most abundant energy reserves of any country, energy policy has been the single most disruptive factor in its industry since the mid-1970s. This major case study treats the paradox of the energy crisis as an essential part of larger economic problems of the Soviet Union and as a key issue in determining the fate ; of the Gorbachev reforms.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.