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Research on the role of states and markets in the hydrocarbon sector is highly topical in contemporary International Political Economy. This edited collection will approach this subject from a broader perspective, investigating the very essence of the interaction between the state and the market and how this varies on a regional basis.

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Introduction; Andrei V Belyi and Kim Talus PART I: THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF STATE-MARKET INTERACTION IN ENERGY 1. States and Markets in the Oil Industry; John Mitchell and Beth Mitchell 2. States and Markets in Energy Policy; Pami Aalto 3. Regional Institutions and Energy Market: Systems, Societies, Communities; Andrei V Belyi and Andrey Makarychev PART II: STATES AND MARKETS IN HYDROCARBON EXPORT-DEPENDENT STATES 4. State Capitalism and the Politics of Resources; Wojciech Ostrowski 5. State and Markets in Russia´s Hydrocarbon Sectors. Domestic Specificities and Interrelations with the West; Andrei V Belyi and Catherine Locatelli 6. The Dynamic of Latin American National Oil Companies´ Evolution: Pemex and PdVSA; Isabelle Rousseau 7. The Question of ´Security´ of Middle East Oil Supply Revisited: Domestic Crisis in a Middle East North African Oil Producer and its Impact on International Markets: the Case of Libya; Marat Terterov and Claudia Nocente PART III; THE ´CONSUMER´ STATE PERSPECTIVE 8. State-Market Interrelations in the US Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Sectors; Roman Sidortsov and Benjamin Sovacool 9. European Union Energy: New Role For States And Markets; Kim Talus 10. China´s Oil and Gas Industry: Stranded between the Plan and the Market; Phillip Andrews Speed 11. State-market Interaction in Hydrocarbon Sector: the cases of Australia and Japan; Vlado Vivoda Conclusion; Andrei V Belyi and Kim Talus

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Pami Aalto, University of Tampere, Finland. Philip Andrews-Speed, National University of Singapore, Singapore Catherine Locatelli, Pacte-EDDEN, France Andrey Makaryche, University of Tartu, Estonia Elizabeth Mitchell, Independent Researcher John V. Mitchell, Chatham House, UK Ahmed Mousa Jiyad, Indpendent Researcher Claudia Nocente, Energy Charter Secretariat Knowledge Centre, Belgium Wojciech Ostrowski, University of Westminster, UK Isabelle Rousseau, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico Roman V. Sidortsov, Vermont Law School, USA Benjamin K. Sovacool, Aarhus University, Denmark Marat Terterov, Energy Charter Secretariat Knowledge Centre, Belgium Vlado Vivoda, The University of Queensland, Australia

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