Petroleum Development and Environmental Conflict in Aotearoa New Zealand
Texas of the South Pacific- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2016
Summary
Petroleum Development and Environmental Conflict in Aotearoa New Zealand: Texas of the South Pacific examines the dilemmas associated with economic growth through the expansion of resource extraction. States seeking to grow their economies through the expansion of resource extraction are forced to cope with the rising influence of transnational corporations on domestic politics and democratic institutions; to mitigate the environmental damage from increased extraction activities; to respond to the mounting evidence which indicates that unconventional oil and gas development practices are harming communities, local environments, and human health; and to manage the international pressures and citizens’ demands that climate change is addressed through a transition from fossil fuel dependence to a clean-energy economy. Terrence M. Loomis analyzes the circumstances under which environmental opposition to state policies to promote oil and gas development—in collaboration with the petroleum industry—, has lead to far-reaching changes in institutional relations between the state and civil society.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4985-3757-5
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4985-3758-2
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 258
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Figures and Tables No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- List of Abbreviations No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter One: The Political Economy of Oil and Gas Development No access Pages 1 - 42
- Chapter Two: The Unconventional Oil and No access Pages 43 - 70
- Chapter Three: New Zealand Government Efforts to Expedite Petroleum Development No access Pages 71 - 116
- Chapter Four: Petroleum Industry Strategies to Promote and Defend Oil and Gas Development No access Pages 117 - 162
- Chapter Five: Selling the East Coast No access Pages 163 - 192
- Chapter Six: Community and Indigenous Responses to Oil and Gas Development No access Pages 193 - 218
- Conclusion No access Pages 219 - 232
- Glossary of Māori Terms No access Pages 233 - 234
- Bibliography No access Pages 235 - 250
- Index No access Pages 251 - 256
- About the Author No access Pages 257 - 258





