Contents -- Introduction: Modern Energy and Modern Society -- 1 Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse -- Energy and Poverty -- 2 Energy, Economy, and Poverty: The Past and Present Debate -- 3 Unraveling Relationships in the Energy- Poverty- Gender Nexus -- Energy and Security -- 4 Protecting Overseas Oil Supplies: The Globalization of the “Carter Doctrine� -- 5 Nuclear Power in an Age of Global Terrorism: Implications for Energy and National Security -- Energy and Globalization -- 6 The Political Economy of Electricity Liberalization
7 The World Bank�s Support for Large Dams: A Case of Institutional Amnesia?Energy and Environment -- 8 Can Geosequestration Save the Coal Industry? -- 9 From Love-ins to Logos: Charting the Demise of Renewable Energy as a Social Movement -- Contributors -- Index