Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Energy Policies and National Agendas; 2. World Energy Markets and National Policy; 3. The Energy Crises of the 1970s; 4. Unraveling Consensus in West Germany, 1973-1977; 5. Stalemate in West Germany, 1978-1984; 6. Nuclear Power and the French State; 7. Consensus Politics in the Netherlands; 8. Nuclear Politics and Policymaking; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
With the dramatic changes OPEC precipitated in the structure of world energy markets during the 1970s, energy became a central concern to policymakers throughout the industrialized West. This book ex-amines the responses of public officials in three leading European nations -- the Federal Republic of Germany, France, and the Netherlands -- to the energy crisis. As the study shows, the proposed energy programs in the three countries shared remarkable similarities; yet the policy outcomes were very different. To explain why, Michael T. Hatch goes beyond the specific content of government energy
