Energy security and shifting modes of governance
Dannreuther, R. 2015. Energy security and shifting modes of governance. International Politics. 52 (4), pp. 466-483. https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.4
| Title | Energy security and shifting modes of governance |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Dannreuther, R. |
| Abstract | The concept of energy security fits uneasily into contemporary security debates. It is neither a clearly traditional nor a fully ‘non-traditional’ security issue. There are also limits to the social constructedness of the concept. This article argues that, while it is important to identify the differing securitizations of energy, these must be contextualized within the material realities and the differing historical modes of governance of the political economy of resources. This is essential for understanding the differing meanings accorded to energy security, the shifting modes through which energy is governed, and the extent to which energy security concerns drive international politics. In this context, contemporary concerns over energy security have both material and ideological dimensions: anxiety over the dual shift of power from West to East and from resource-importing to resource-exporting countries; and concern over the normative weakening of the neo-liberal mode of energy governance. |
| Keywords | energy; security; political economy |
| Journal | International Politics |
| Journal citation | 52 (4), pp. 466-483 |
| ISSN | 1384-5748 |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Accepted author manuscript | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.4 |
| Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.4 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published in print | Jul 2015 |
| Published | 20 Mar 2015 |