EU Leadership in Energy and Environmental Governance - (International Political Economy) by Jakub M Godzimirski (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This edited collection focuses on the impact of the changing global distribution of power on the EU's energy policy and ability to project its approach to energy-related issues abroad. It maps the EU's changing position on global energy, the impact of various factors on its energy policy, and its relations with Russia, China, the USA and Brazil.

Review Quotes

"The book highlights the importance of the EU values of human rights, democracy and transparency in administration as a soft power in the formation of energy relations. ... The book provides a well structured analysis of EU energy policy capacity ... it provides useful analytic research in understanding global energy policy, international challenges and actors' responses to those." (Ramazan Erdağ, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (8), 2016)

About the Author

Svein S. Andersen, Norwegian Business School, Norway Gian Paolo Calchi Novati, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Italy Benjamin de Carvalho, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway Heather Conley, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA Andreas Goldthau, Central European University, Hungary Nina Græger, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway Amelia Hadfield, Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), UK Annie Hudson, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA Caroline Kuzemko, University of Exeter, UK Sarah Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA Marta Montanini, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Italy Nick Sitter, Norwegian Business School, Norway John Todd, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway Matteo Verda, Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Italy Zha Daojiong, Peking University, China