China and the Energy Equation in Asia : : The Determinants of Policy Choice / / Jean A. Garrison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Garrison, Jean A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (187 p.)

Why does China act as it does in its pursuit of energy security? Are “resource wars” inevitable? Going beyond traditional analyses that focus on China as a regional and global threat, Jean Garrison sheds new light on the roots of the country’s energy policy and the constraints that it faces. Garrison eschews the zero-sum approaches that underlie much conceptualization of the subject, arguing that they are in large part based on the erroneous notion that China is a unitary actor with a coherent energy strategy. Her attention to the competing developmental and environmental priorities at play in China’s domestic politics is a critical contribution to the global energy-security debate.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 China’s Search for Energy Security -- 2 Making China’s Energy Policy -- 3 The “Great Game” in Central Asia -- 4 Pipeline Politics in East Asia -- 5 Challenges and Opportunities in Southeast Asia and Beyond -- 6 Juggling Priorities at Home -- 7 Implications of China’s Quest for Energy Security -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book