Public Brainpower Civil Society and Natural Resource Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Overland, Indra (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political science.; Ethnology.; Natural resources.; Environmental policy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Political Science.; Social Anthropology.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Environmental Politics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

This book examines how civil society, public debate and freedom of speech affect natural resource governance. Drawing on the theories of Robert Dahl, Jurgen Habermas and Robert Putnam, the book introduces the concept of 'public brainpower', proposing that good institutions require: fertile...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Civil Society, Public Debate and Natural Resource Management (Indra Overland)
• Algeria (Paola Rivetti and Francesco Cavatorta)
• Angola (Jesse Salah Ovadia)
• Azerbaijan (Kenan Aslanli)
• Canada (Shantel Jordison)
• Colombia (Carlo Tognato)
• Egypt (Robert Springborg)
• Iraq (Ibrahim Al Marashi)
• Kazakhstan (Roman Vakulchuk and Indra Overland)
• Libya (Ebtissam Al Kailani-Chariat)
• Netherlands (Aad Correljé)
• Nigeria (Cyril Obi)
• Norway (Indra Overland)
• Qatar (Steven Wright)
• Russia (Nina Poussenkova and Indra Overland)
• Saudi Arabia (Mark C. Thompson)
• The United Arab Emirates (Martin Hvidt)
• The United Kingdom (Philip Wright and Juan Carlos Boué)
• Venezuela (Ricardo Villasmil)
• Variations on Public Brainpower: Findings from Country Case Studies of Oil- and Gas-Producing Countries (Indra Overland)
• Lonely Minds: Natural Resource Governance without Input from Society (Indra Overland).