A Case Assignment: Timothy Mitchell Carbon Democracy
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RRQ: Timothy Mitchell, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil, 12-42.
1. Why did an increased demand for coal as an energy source yield democratic
claims in some places and colonial domination in others?
2. Using historical examples, describe in detail the methods employed by coal
workers (miners, transporters, etc) to make democratic claims.
3. How did states and industrial owners respond to these claims in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
4. Using historical examples, describe the key differences between coal and oil in
forging (or not forging) democratic possibilities.
RRQ: Timothy Mitchell, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil, 12-42.
1. Why did an increased demand for coal as an energy source yield democratic
claims in some places and colonial domination in others?
2. Using historical examples, describe in detail the methods employed by coal
workers (miners, transporters, etc) to make democratic claims.
3. How did states and industrial owners respond to these claims in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
4. Using historical examples, describe the key differences between coal and oil in
forging (or not forging) democratic possibilities.
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