The Oil Curse : : How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations / / Michael L. Ross.
Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 46 line illus. 31 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Country Abbreviations
- Chapter One. The Paradoxical Wealth of Nations
- Chapter Two. The Trouble with Oil Revenues
- Chapter Three. More Petroleum, Less Democracy Chapter Four Petroleum Perpetuates Patriarchy
- Chapter Four. Petroleum Perpetuates Patriarchy
- Chapter Five. Oil-Based Violence
- Chapter Six. Oil, Economic Growth, and Political Institutions
- Chapter Seven. Good News and Bad News about Oil
- References
- Index