TY - BOOK AU - Ross, Michael L TI - Oil curse: how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations , fourth reprint SN - 9780691159638 U1 - 338.9009 ROS PY - 2013/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Civil war -- Developing countries KW - Developing countries -- Economic policy KW - Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Econometric models KW - Natural resources -- Developing countries KW - Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Developing countries KW - Petroleum products -- Prices N1 - Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra; 2Indigenous Business and Financial Practices; Chapter Two The Trouble with Oil Revenues; pt. 2 POWER AND POLITICS; The political roots of development; I have rights, therefore I am; How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia's Chiquitano people; I read, therefore I am; I surf, therefore I am; We organise, therefore we are; How change happens: Winning women's rights in Morocco; I own, therefore I am; I vote, therefore I am; I steal, therefore I am: Natural resources, corruption, and development; From poverty to power; From poverty to power N2 - 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 de ER -