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Title:
The oil curse : how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations / Michael L. Ross.
Author:
Ross, Michael L.
Publication Information:
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Pres, 2013.
Call Number:
HD9578 .D44 .R67 2013
Abstract:
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 wealth--and how they can turn oil from a curse into a blessing. Ross traces the oil curse to the upheaval of the 1970s, when oil prices soared and governments across the developing world seized control of their countries' oil industries.
Edition:
1st paperback edition.
ISBN:
9780691159638

9780691145457

9781400841929
Physical Description:
289 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
The paradoxical wealth of nations ; Appendix: A note on methods and measurements -- The trouble with oil revenues -- More petroleum, less democracy ; Appendix: A statistical analysis of oil and democracy -- Petroleum perpetuates patriarchy ; Appendix: A statistical analysis of oil and the status of women -- Oil-based violence ; Appendix: A statistical analysis of oil and civil conflict -- Oil, economic growth, and political institutions -- Good news and bad news about oil.
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