The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements: Rising Powers and Technological Change

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Springer, 28.07.2015 - 228 Seiten
The contributors argue that rare earths are essential to the information technology revolution on which humans have come to depend for communication, commerce, and, increasingly, engage in conflict. They demonstrate that rare earths are a strategic commodity over which political actors will and do struggle for control.
 

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List of Figures
1968
Supply Security
2011
Traditional Vulnerability
Rare Earth Elements and the European Union
The Curious Disjunction of Rare Earth Elements and
The EnvironmentSecurity Nexus in Contemporary Rare
Recycling toward Rare Earths Security
Mining
Contentious Energy Narratives
Rare Earths the WTO and International Dispute Resolution
Index

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Jost Wübbeke, Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin, Germany. Steve Dobransky, Independent Researcher. Kyoko Hatakeyama, Kansai Gaidai University, Japan. Sean Noah Walsh, Capital University, USA. Maximilian Rech, ESSCA School of Management, China. Fanny Verrax, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. Michael Skinner, York University, Canada. Julie Klinger, University of California, Berkley, USA. Mauro J. Caraccioli, University of Florida, USA. Louis Furmanski, University of Central Oklahoma USA.

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