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Energy and the Regulation of Nation States

University of Texas, Austin

Complex industrial nation-states organize themselves through social hierarchies, identified here as the regulatory (REG) sector, that include both public and private sectors. A comparison of some sixty countries over the past century shows their REG sector evolution to be constrained by regional-cultural antecedents and by major historical events. Overriding these constraints, however, is the consumption of nonhuman, or "commercial", energy, as REG sector expansion requires an increase of nonhuman energy consumption.

Key Words: Complex Societies • Development • Energy • National Culture • Regulatory Sector • Social Evolution.

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