An exploration of how and why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India have initiated and developed nuclear energy programs and what challenges they face today. Were the nuclear programmes driven by the low energy endowment, a desire to pursue international prestige, national security concerns, environmental pollution or economic development? XU YI-CHONG Research Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia. Xu is the author of 'Powering China: Reforming the electric power industry in China' (2002); 'Electricity Reform in China, India and Russia: The World Bank Template and the Politics of Power' (2004) and 'The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China' (2010). With Patrick Weller she co-authored 'The Governance of World Trade: International Civil Servants and the GATT/WTO 'and 'Inside the World Bank' (2009). Xu also co-edited 'The Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds' (2010, with Gawdat Bahgat). INDICE: Nuclear energy in Asia: an overview; 'X.Yi-chong' - The politics of nuclear energy in Asia; 'X.Yi-chong' - Nuclear energy development in China; 'S.Dongli' - The Indian nuclear energy program ; 'L.Lee' - Nuclear energy development in Japan; 'T.Nakata' - Japan's commitment to nuclear power: grand scheme or pipedream?; 'J.Graham' - Nuclear energy development in South Korea; 'M-H.Yang' & 'X.Yi-chong' - The past, present and future of nuclear power in Taiwan; 'M.Lee' - Challenging Chernobyl's legacy: Nuclear power policies in Europe,Russia and North America in the early 21st century; 'P.Högselius' - Implications for Australia as a supplier of uranium to the Asian Region; 'S.Harris'
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24024-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 15/02/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido