Paradox of plenty: oil booms and petro-states

Karl, Teryy Lynn

Paradox of plenty: oil booms and petro-states - 1st ed. - Berkeley University of California Press 1997 - xviii, 342 p. 24 cm - Studies in international political economy .

Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra

2 Spanish Gold to Black Gold: Commodity Booms Then and Now; 2.Making Rent; 3.Hot Water; 4.A Beautiful Collection; 5.Thirteenth Street; 6.Rat Hole; 7.The Sick; pt. TWO OUT; 10.Hypes for Hire; 12.Disposable Ties

This book explains a puzzle: In the midst of two massive oil booms in the 1970s, why did oil-exporting governments as different as Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, Algeria, and Indonesia choose common development paths and suffer similarly disappointing outcomes

9780520207721


Democracy
Economic development
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Petroleum industry and trade --Venezuela
Venezuela --Economic conditions --1958-
Venezuela --Foreign economic relations

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