TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balmaceda,Margarita Mercedes
TI  - The politics of energy dependency: Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania between domestic oligarchs and Russian pressure 
T2  - Studies in comparative political economy and public policy
SN  - 9781442645332
AV  - HD 9502 E83 B34 2013
U1  - 333.790947 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Toronto, Buffalo, London
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - Ukraine
KW  - Belarus
KW  - Lithuania
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Politique énergétique
KW  - Biélorussie
KW  - Lituanie
KW  - Russie
KW  - fast
KW  - Energiewirtschaft
KW  - gnd
KW  - Energiepolitik
KW  - Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
KW  - Weissrussland
KW  - Litauen
KW  - Russland
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -