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Tato kniha představuje zakladni předpoklady konstruktivistickeho přistupu k mezinarodni politice. Uvodni cast je ramovana debatou mezi strategickým a tržnim pojetim energeticke bezpecnosti, ktere spojuje řada spolecných metateoretických (racionalistických) předpokladů. Konstruktivismus nabizi alternativni pohled, když zdůrazňuje nematerialni faktory, intersubjektivni charakter socialni reality a vzajemně konstitutivni vztahy mezi akterem a strukturou. Pozornost je dale věnovana hlavnim teoretickým východiskům jednotlivých variant konstruktivismu a konceptualizaci bezpecnosti v kulturalismu i Kodaňske skole. V zavěrecne casti jsou prezentovany vybrane texty zaměřene na problematiku energeticke bezpecnosti.

Kniha se zaměřuje na zakladni technicke a ekonomicke principy energetickeho průmyslu. Prvni cast knihy představuje palivove řetězce nejvýznamnějsich energetických komodit. Obsahuje tedy zakladni informace o průzkumu, těžbě, zpracovani, transportu a využiti ropy a zemniho plynu. Druha cast knihy je zaměřena na elektroenergetiku a vedle palivových řetězců uhli a stěpných prvků představuje zaklady fungovani obnovitelných zdrojů a problematiku výroby a přenosu elektřiny. Tyto hlavni casti jsou uvedeny reflexi energetiky v sociokulturnim vývoji moderni spolecnosti. Cilem knihy je tedy poskytnout ctenaři ucelený přehled o komplexitě energetickeho průmyslu. Text nepředpoklada předchozi znalost technických ci ekonomických realii. Je urcen převažně ctenařům, kteři se v energetickem průmyslu nepohybuji, ale radi by nahledli do jeho fungovani.

This study focuses on the current development of the events associated with shale gas in the Czech Republic and Poland with regard to their possible mutual cooperation. The foundation of the research consists of the two case studies on regulatory frameworks in these countries. Given the fact that both countries are at different stages of the shale gas developing process, further attention is paid to country-specific aspects, which form the core of the current internal national debate. The reference to the regulation and internal affairs at the level of national states is then supplemented by the analysis of the current discussion on shale gas regulation at the level of the European Union.

The upcoming years will show whether or not the North American model of unconventional natural gas resources development can be replicated outsider the continent. In Europe, Poland has recently gained most attention and in this sense it is considered to be a test case for whole Union. This book presents key dimensions which will either foster or inhibit possible development of this resource in Poland: geology, technology, infrastructure, environmental imprint and the role of the EU. The main focus of the book is a stakeholder analysis dealing with IOCs, PGNiG, government, local communities, NGOs and the EU. The book also features an evaluation of several scenarios of possible unconventional gas development in Poland and their consequences for Central European gas market.

The Druzhba pipeline is one of the most important energy infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe, supplying the European part of Russia's former Soviet bloc with oil since the second half of the last century. The future of the pipeline has become uncertain in recent years. The further use of Druzhba is in doubt mainly due to the difficult relations of the Russian Federation with transit countries, and its possible termination is indicated by Moscow's change in its export strategy, namely increasing crude oil exports via sea terminals, at the expense of pipelines. The authors focus on how a potential curtailment of oil supplies by Druzhba can affect the energy situation of the two customer countries, i.e. the Czech Republic and Poland. Also, the text offers answers on many questions, such as Is there a danger of curtailment of the supply of oil via Druzhba to the surveyed countries? If so, what might be the mid-term implications of the situation, economic, security or other? Which actors will be affected by potential supply curtailment and how? The study focuses on the impact on economic entities (firms), the state and even households to a limited extent.