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It traces the emergence of democratic practices and administrative mechanisms linked to fossil-fuel infrastructures, showing how energy assumptions structure consent, goodwill, and economic outcomes. The book also addresses resistance and crisis narratives, arguing for a rethinking of political strategies that no longer rely on oil and its measurement.","Carbon Democracy  \nCarbon Democracy  \npolitical power in the age of oil  \nTimothy Mitchell  \nFirst published by Verso 2011  \n© Timothy Mitchell 2011  \nAll rights reserved  \ne moral rights of the author have been asserted 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nVerso  \nUK: 6 Meard Street, London W1F 0EG  \nUS: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201 [www.versobooks.com](www.versobooks.com)  \nVerso is the imprint of New Le9 Books  \nISBN-13: 978-1-84467-745-0  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress  \nTypeset in Minion Pro by Hewer UK Ltd, Edinburgh Printed in the US by Maple Vail  \nTo Adie and JJ  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements ix  \nIntroduction 1  \n1 Machines of Democracy 12  \n2 e Prize from Fairyland 43  \n3 Consent of the Governed 66  \n4 Mechanisms of Goodwill 86  \n5 Fuel Economy 109  \n6 Sabotage 144  \n7 e Crisis at Never Happened 173  \n8 McJihad 200  \nConclusion: No More Counting On Oil 231  \nBibliography 255  \nIndex 271  \nAcknowledgements  \nI have beneKted from the comments and criticisms of participants in numerous seminars and lectures where parts of this work were presented, and from more extended discussions with Andrew Barry, Michel Callon, GeoLEley, Mahmood Mamdani and Robert Vitalis. A number of former students shared with me their work on related topics, and in several cases contributed their assistance tomy own research; these include Katayoun ShaKee, Munir Fakher Eldin, Canay Özden, Firat Bozçali, Ryan Weber and Sam Rubin.  \nCertain sections of the book draw on material I have published elsewhere. Parts of Chapter 1 Krst appeared as ‘Carbon Democracy’, Economy and Society 38: 3, 2009: 399–432; parts of Chapter 7 were published in ‘ e Resources of  \nEconomics: Making the 1973 Oil Crisis’, Journal of Cultural Economy 3: 2, 2010: 189–204; and an earlier version of Chapter 8 was published as ‘McJihad: Islam in the US Global Order’, Social Text 20: 4, 2002: 1–18.  \nree people made a special contribution to the writing of the book. Adrian and Justine Mitchell provided a critical ear and every kind of encouragement to Knish; Lila Abu-Lughod shared her irreplaceable wisdom, insight, patience and care. 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