Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge
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Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge

  1. 227 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge

About this book

Examines the battle to develop the oil resources of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The global consumption of fossil fuels is dramatically rising, while inversely, the supply is in permanent decline. The "end of oil" threatens the very future of Western civilization. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge examines the politics of drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and presents this controversy as a precursor of future "resource wars" where ideas and values collide and polarize. The reader is introduced to the primary participants involved: global corporations, politicians, nongovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples and organizations, and human rights/religious organizations. Author David M. Standlea argues in favor of seeing this comparatively "local" conflict as part of a larger struggle between the proponents of an alternative, positive vision for the future and an American culture presently willing to sacrifice that future for immediate profit.

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Table of contents

  1. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. Globalism, Oil, and the Power Elites
  6. 2. Background to Battle: The Thirty Years’ War
  7. 3. The Oil Companies: A Legacy of Global Power
  8. 4. The Corporate State
  9. 5. The Culture of Corporation Spin
  10. 6. The Environmentalists: Visions under Siege
  11. 7. The Gwich’in: A Fight to the End
  12. 8. The Religious Community: Philosophers of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  13. 9. Prophets vs. Profits: Future Scenarios and Outcomes
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index