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Title: The Low-Carbon Contradiction
Condition: New
Subtitle: Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the Infrastructural State in Cuba
ISBN-10: 0520393120
EAN: 9780520393127
ISBN: 9780520393127
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 29/08/2023
Description: In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba became Latin America’s most oil-dependent economy. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the country lost 86 percent of its crude oil supplies, resulting in a severe energy crisis. In the face of this shock, Cuba started to develop a low-carbon economy based on economic and social reform rather than high-tech innovation. The Low-Carbon Contradiction examines this period of rapid low-carbon energy transition, which many have described as a “Cuban miracle” or even a real-life case of successful “degrowth.” Working with original research from inside households, workplaces, universities, and government offices, Gustav Cederlöf retells the history of the Cuban Revolution as one of profound environmental and infrastructural change. In doing so, he opens up new questions about energy transitions, their politics, and the conditions of a socially just low-carbon future. The Cuban experience shows how a society can transform itself while rapidly cutting carbon emissions in the search for sustainability.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 20mm
Item Weight: 499g
Author: Gustav Cederlof
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Topic: Law & Politics
Book Series: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
Release Year: 2023

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