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This book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the expansion of biofuels production and use in recent years. Drawing on interviews with key policy insiders, Ackrill and Kay show how biofuels policies have been motivated by concerns over climate change, energy security and rural development.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Robert Ackrill is Professor of European Economics and Policy in the Division of Economics, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is widely published in the areas of EU and trade policies and has also received awards and recognition for his teaching.
Adrian Kay is Professor of Government in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, Australia. Prior to a career in academia, he spent several years on the UK Government's European Fast Stream as well as working for the European Commission in Brussels.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Growth of Biofuels in the 21st Century
Book Subtitle: Policy Drivers and Market Challenges
Authors: Robert Ackrill, Adrian Kay
Series Title: Energy, Climate and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137307897
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-30788-0Published: 17 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45572-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-30789-7Published: 17 December 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-8561
Series E-ISSN: 2947-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 250
Topics: Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics, Environmental Politics, International Organization, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Sustainability Management