** Apologies for cross-posting ** Hi All,
Some of you may be interested to know that my book Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South is now available in a much more affordable paperback edition with an updated postscript chapter. It has been generously published by NIAS Press, which is funded by the Scandinavian governments and publishes primarily on Southeast Asia - http://www.niaspress.dk/books/energy-governance-and-security-thailand-and-myanmar-burma Praise for the first edition: ‘Adam Simpson offers an excellent and comprehensive study of key environmental campaigns in Myanmar and Thailand. This work examines the core paradox of government projects justified by a discourse of “energy security” being challenged by movements that fear a resultant increase in environmental insecurity.’ David Schlosberg, University of Sydney ‘Simpson provides us with a fascinating insight into activism in the South. This book fills an important gap, it engages with questions around how environmental movements are responding to the expansion of oil and gas industries in Asia, especially Thailand and Myanmar. It is a must-read for anyone interested in issues around energy, governance and activism.’ Rosaleen Duffy, University of Sheffield This is a valuable and informative book … it provides valuable analysis of how different strategies and contexts provide opportunities for influencing authoritarian regimes.' Tim Forsyth, Environmental Politics ‘[A]n exceptionally versatile book … highly recommended as an excellent study in an emerging field that will be of increasing importance as large-scale energy projects (and opposition to them) continue to spread across the region.' Matthew Walton, Journal of Contemporary Asia ‘Simpson presents the historical and contemporary environmental politics of Thailand and Myanmar in impressive, fine-grained detail … This ambitious book illuminates many paths for future empirical research and theoretical debate …' Holly Grant, The Journal of Peasant Studies * A ground-breaking book that proposes a new critical approach to energy and environmental security. * Describes how environmental movements are providing ’activist environmental governance’ for energy projects in the absence of effective and democratic governments. * By comparing the nature of environmental activism under two very different political regimes, this book delivers crucial theoretical insights with both academic and policy implications. Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manifesting itself most visibly in Asia where rapid industrialisation in states such as China and India is fomenting a frantic scramble for energy resources. Due to entrenched societal inequities and widespread authoritarian governance, however, the pursuit of national energy security through transnational energy projects has resulted in devastating impacts on the human and environmental security of local populations. These effects are particularly evident in both Thailand and Myanmar (Burma), which are increasingly engaged in the cross-border energy trade. Based on extensive fieldwork and theoretical analysis this ground-breaking book proposes a new critical approach to energy and environmental security and explores the important role that both local and transnational environmental movements are playing, in the absence of effective and democratic governments, in providing ’activist environmental governance’ for energy projects throughout the region. By comparing the nature of this activism under two very different political regimes it delivers crucial theoretical insights with both academic and policy implications for the sustainable and equitable development of the South’s natural resources. Best, Adam. ----------- Dr Adam Simpson Director, Centre for Peace and Security, Hawke Research Institute Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, IPC: MAG-03 University of South Australia GPO Box 2471 Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA 5001 http://people.unisa.edu.au/adam.simpson https://unisa-au.academia.edu/AdamSimpson NEW in 2017 Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar<http://www.niaspress.dk/books/energy-governance-and-security-thailand-and-myanmar-burma>, Updated Paperback Edition with NIAS Press Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar<https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Contemporary-Myanmar/Simpson-Farrelly-Holliday/p/book/9781138820777>, edited by Adam Simpson, Nicholas Farrelly and Ian Holliday -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
