1st Edition
The Politics of Coal's Decline The Industry in Western Europe
By Mike Parker
Copyright 1994
90 Pages
by
Routledge
90 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Politics of Coal's Decline (1994) examines the decline of the European coal industry and assesses its future prospects. It shows how the manner and rate of this decline is determined as much by political as by economic factors, including the politics of environmental controls and market liberalisation.
1. The Background: Hard Coal in Western Europe 2. The Problem of High-Cost Production 3. The Future of Protection in Europe 4. The Environment and the Politics of Coal 5. Policy Synthesis: Prospects and the Politics of Coal in Europe
Biography
Mike Parker for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
