Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Political Economy of Oil and Gas Development; Chapter Two: The Unconventional Oil and; Chapter Three: New Zealand Government Efforts to Expedite Petroleum Development; Chapter Four: Petroleum Industry Strategies to Promote and Defend Oil and Gas Development; Chapter Five: Selling the East Coast; Chapter Six: Community and Indigenous Responses to Oil and Gas Development; Conclusion; Glossary of Māori Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
Petroleum Development and Environmental Conflict in Aotearoa New Zealand: Texas of the South Pacific examines the circumstances under which environmental opposition to state policies to promote oil and gas development has led to far-reaching changes in institutional relations between the state and civil society