The oil curse:how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton, NJ |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxi, 289 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780691145457 (hardback) 0691145458 (hardback) |
Index Number: | F416 |
CLC: | F416.22 |
Call Number: | F416.22/R825 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index. The paradoxical wealth of nations -- The trouble with oil revenues -- More petroleum, less democracy -- Petroleum perpetuates patriarchy -- Oil-based violence -- Oil, economic growth, and political institutions -- Good news and bad news about oil. |