SOME KEY CONCEPTS
RELATED TO THE STUDY OF "ENERGY ... AND POLITICS"
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N=Just under 50 (a certain redundancy in the table listings)

This is a table that lists some “key concepts” (or features and descriptors) related to the study of global energy and politics.
We will all constantly work to refine, to expand or to abridge this list,
first in connection with our massive "nrg&plt.news" page which is often flagged with these coded key concepts.
The possibly most important key concepts are in bold font on column #2
Hypertext links are another sign of importance
Key words and codes not found here are on the nrg&plt Resource Page.

The relationship between this table, our readings and discussions is reciprocal =

(1) Our table should serve as a guide to us as we evaluate readings and extract useful information from them
(2) Reciprocally, readings and discussions will contribute to the evolution of our table

Some readings touch on many key concepts, some on few. Readings will touch on key concepts in many different ways. What differences do you see in our major readings (EG=Sampson.SEVEN, Yergin.PRIZE, Coll.PRIVATE) What key concepts are to be found in our readings? If we discover key concepts in our readings but not on our table, should our table be adjusted? Readings that touch on none or very few have to be interrogated.

Each entry (each row) on the table opens with a cell containing code or acronym which stands for the key concept that follows in the second cell on that row. In certain cases, hypertext links follow in the second cell to help expand on the meaning of the key concept.

These acronyms are useful because they often serve to flag our electronic webpages for purposes of easy FIND searches [ID].

Table
sorted on first column, “Code”

 Code

Definition of Code (general concepts in bold face)

cmb

Integration; organized associations or functions in combination [ID]

cns

Concession [ID]

crp

Corporation

cvc.pbl

Civil society [ID]

cxx

Cartel [ID]

dmk

Democracy

dms

Domestic [CF=plt.dms | CF=plt.irx]

dpd

Dependence

dpl

Depletion

EEE

Sustainability of energy sources [W-ID] CF=ecx

ecx

Environment, ecological issues| CF=EEE

fnc

Finance (banks, stockmarkets, foreign aid [EG#1 | EG#2&#3]

frk

Fracking [ ID#1 | ID#2 | ID#3 ]

fxx

Property, purchase, ownership

ggr

Geography, land location| Geographic points in u&d

hst.gph

Historiography [ID]

irx

International relations [CF=plt.irx]

l&r

Horizontal integration [ID]

lwx

Law

mdn

Modernization, the modern era (post-1648)

mlf

Malfeasance, Corruption, illegal or injurious action [ID]

mpy

Monopoly

nrg

Energy [ID]

nrg&fnc

Energy and high finance (banks, investment)

nrg&plt

Energy and Politics (our overarching issue)

nrg&plt.dms

Energy and domestic politics, homeland politics

nrg&plt.irx

Energy and international relations

nrg&wrx

Energy and war

nrg.new

Alternative sources of energy

pbl.tpt

Common carrier [ID]

plt

Politics. G/plt.irx/ G/plt.dms/

plt.dms

Domestic politics

plt.irx

International relations [irx by itself also signals int.relations]

rfn

Refinery, refine crude oil

rsv

Reservoirs, large collection and storage tanks or ponds for nrg.p

rzv

Reserves, a measure of available amounts of nrg.p or nrg.g

snd

Syndicate [ID]

stt

Nation-state, geo-political sovereign [stt.ndp] power| CF=ntn

stt.fxx

Nationalized, government-owned| fxx=property or purchase

stt&crp

Government involvement in corporate affairs & vice versa [ID!!]

stt.ndp

Sovereignty [Four "bulleted" paragraphs in SAC]

tntn

Transnational, international, global, world-wide [ID] CF=stt abv

tpt

Transport [ID]

u&d

Vertical integration [ID]

wrx

War | flags international and domestic militancy

xfxx

Expropriation, seizure of property by political or other forms of force; privatization| xfxx can be an action of officials against individuals or of individuals and companies against public property [EG] | fxx=property, purchase, ownership

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