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The politics of energy dependency : Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania between domestic oligarchs and Russian pressure / Margarita M. Balmaceda.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 40.Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442645332
  • 1442645334
  • 9781487520229
  • 1487520220
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.790947 23
LOC classification:
  • HD 9502 E83 B34 2013
Contents:
Part I: Larger Influencing Factors -- 1. Introduction: Domestic Politics and the Management of Energy Dependency in the Former Soviet Union -- 2. The Legacy of the Common Soviet Energy Past: Path Dependencies and Energy Networks -- 3. The Domestic Russian Background: Domestic Choices, Foreign Energy Policy Levers, and Trans-border Rent-seeking -- Part II: Case Studies -- 4. Ukraine: Energy Dependency and the Rise of the Ukrainian Oligarchs -- 5. Belarus: Turning Dependency into Power? -- 6. Lithuania: Energy Policy Between Domestic Interests, Russia, and the EU -- Part: III: Conclusions -- 7. Conclusion: Managing Dependency, Managing Interests -- Chronologies of Main Energy Events for Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Summary: The Politics of Energy Dependency explores why these states were unable to move towards energy diversification. Through extensive field research using previously untapped local-language sources, Margarita M. Balmaceda reveals a complex picture of local elites dealing with the complications of energy dependency and, in the process, affecting the energy security of Europe as a whole.Summary: A must-read for anyone interested in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the politics of natural resources, this book reveals the insights gained by looking at post-Soviet development and international relations issues not only from a Moscow-centered perspective, but from that of individual actors in other states."--Pub. desc.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Larger Influencing Factors -- 1. Introduction: Domestic Politics and the Management of Energy Dependency in the Former Soviet Union -- 2. The Legacy of the Common Soviet Energy Past: Path Dependencies and Energy Networks -- 3. The Domestic Russian Background: Domestic Choices, Foreign Energy Policy Levers, and Trans-border Rent-seeking -- Part II: Case Studies -- 4. Ukraine: Energy Dependency and the Rise of the Ukrainian Oligarchs -- 5. Belarus: Turning Dependency into Power? -- 6. Lithuania: Energy Policy Between Domestic Interests, Russia, and the EU -- Part: III: Conclusions -- 7. Conclusion: Managing Dependency, Managing Interests -- Chronologies of Main Energy Events for Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine.

The Politics of Energy Dependency explores why these states were unable to move towards energy diversification. Through extensive field research using previously untapped local-language sources, Margarita M. Balmaceda reveals a complex picture of local elites dealing with the complications of energy dependency and, in the process, affecting the energy security of Europe as a whole.

A must-read for anyone interested in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the politics of natural resources, this book reveals the insights gained by looking at post-Soviet development and international relations issues not only from a Moscow-centered perspective, but from that of individual actors in other states."--Pub. desc.

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