TY - BOOK AU - Karl, Teryy Lynn TI - Paradox of plenty: oil booms and petro-states SN - 9780520207721 U1 - 338.272820 KAR PY - 1997/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Democracy KW - Economic development KW - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries KW - Petroleum industry and trade --Venezuela KW - Venezuela --Economic conditions --1958- KW - Venezuela --Foreign economic relations N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -