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The Role of Energy and Development in Emerging Regions : Essays on Energy, Development and Climate Change / Dargin, Justin. Nova Science Publishers, 2011. 43 $.Stakeholders in the international economy have long considered energy a  crucial aspect of national sovereignty - a commodity inherently  political in nature. Because of its contentious nature, energy and  natural resources have been the source of conflicts for a millennia.  With the sharp increase of the international price of oil and natural  gas from 2002-2008, energy subsidization in the energy-rich exporting  countries assumed center stage. A narrow focus on this new dynamic,  however, obscures the basic issue that developed and developing  countries tend to view energy in fundamentally contradictory ways. For  developed, OECD countries energy is primarily a tool used to promote the  smooth running of the global economy. This new book discusses the role  and development of energy in emerging regions. (© Novinka Books)https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=22158