Caspian energy politics : Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan / / edited by Indra Ãverland, Heidi Kjµrnet and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7909475
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Azerbaijan; Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Kazakhstan; Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Turkmenistan
• Soggetto geografico: Azerbaijan Foreign economic relations; Kazakhstan Foreign economic relations; Turkmenistan Foreign economic relations
• Altri autori: ÃverlandIndra Kendall-TaylorAndrea KjµrnetHeidi
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acronyms and terminology; Introduction: The resource curse and authoritarianism in the Caspian petro-states; Part I Domestic challenges in the Caspian petro-states; Introduction: Domestic balancing acts in the Caspian petro-states; 1 Resource nationalism in Kazakhstan's petroleum sector: Curse or blessing?; 2 Petroleum-fuelled public investment in Azerbaijan: Implications for competitiveness and employment; 3 Displacement in a booming economy: IDPs in Azerbaijan ; 4 Natural gas and authoritarianism in TurkmenistanPart II Energy relations of the Caspian petro-states with China and Russia; Introduction: China and Russia: partners or firewalls for the Caspian petro-states?; 5 China, energy security and Central Asian diplomacy: Bilateral and multilateral approaches; 6 In the 'new Great Game', who is getting played?: Chinese investment in Kazakhstan's petroleum sector; 7 Just good friends: Kazakhstan's and Turkmenistan's energyrelations with Russia; 8 Azerbaijani-Russian relations and the economization of foreign policy ; 9 The Shanghai Cooperation Energy Club: Purpose and prospects10 Conclusions and further reflections: The logic of authoritarianism in the Caspian petro-states; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Caspian Energy Politics analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China. Due to volatile commodity prices and competition for the resources in and around the Caspian Sea, the governments of these petroleum-exporters face a series of difficult decisions. These governments have sought to balance short-term incentives to spend oil revenues as a means to maintain power against the need
• Titolo autorizzato: Caspian energy politics
• ISBN: 1-135-22471-4; 1-135-22472-2; 1-282-57627-5; 9786612576270; 0-203-86523-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828091003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Central Asian Studies