American Empire and the Canadian Oil Sands

George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He is the author of Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital (2009), Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States (2012), Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic (2013) and The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future (2015).

• 1. Introduction2. Canadian Oil Sands and the American Empire3. The Political Economy of U.S. Energy Policy4. The Canadian Oil Sands Policy Network5. Urban Sprawl as Economic Stimulus6. Global Oil Politics7. Democratic Ethics, Environmental Lobbying Groups, and Symbolic Inclusion: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands8. Conclusion: The Canadian Oil Sands, Empire, and the Collapse of Civilization

“Gonzalez (Univ. of Miami) offers a theoretically informed, critical analysis of US global energy policy. … Recommended for university and larger public libraries, and specialized collections in international affairs, foreign policy, economics, and security studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (J. P. Smaldone, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)