The Making of Europe's Critical Infrastructure [electronic resource] : Common Connections and Shared Vulnerabilities / edited by P. Högselius, A. Hommels, A. Kaijser, E. van der Vleuten.

The Making of Europe's Critical Infrastructure
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137358738 978-1-137-35873-8
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/3524
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2013.
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VIII, 313 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
Europe's critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. A 2006 power line failure in northern Germany closed lights in Portugal in a matter of seconds. Several Russian-Ukrainian gas crises shocked politicians, entrepreneurs, and citizens thousands of kilometers away in Germany, France, and Italy. This book argues that present-day infrastructure vulnerabilities resulted from choices of infrastructure builders in the past. It inquires which, and whose, vulnerabilities they perceived, negotiated, prioritized, and inscribed in Europe's critical infrastructure. It does not take 'Europe' for granted, but actively investigates which countries and peoples were historically connected in joint interdependency, and why. In short, this collection unravels the simultaneous historical shaping of infrastructure, common vulnerabilities, and Europe.
Konu
Europe __ History.
History, Modern.
Economic history.
World politics.
Europe __ Politics and government.
World history.
European History.
Modern History.
Economic History.
Political History.
European Politics.
World History, Global and Transnational History.