The Scramble for African Oil : Oppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources.
Yates, Douglas A.
The Scramble for African Oil : Oppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - New Politics, Progressive Policy Series . - New Politics, Progressive Policy Series .
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Maps -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Power from Above -- 1 - Foreign States and Trade Relations -- 2 - Multinational Corporations and Nationalization -- 3 - International Organization and Governance -- 4 - Rentier States and Kleptocracy -- 5 - Praetorian Regimes and Terror -- Part II: Power From Below -- 6 - Journalists and Intellectuals -- 7 - Political Parties and Elections -- 8 - Armed Struggle for Independence -- 9 - Popular Resistance and People Power -- 10 - Unscrambling the Scramble for African Oil -- Bibliography -- Index.
How Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how African people have resisted.
9781849646284
Petroleum industry and trade-Africa.
Electronic books.
HD9577.A2 Y38 2012
338.2728096
The Scramble for African Oil : Oppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - New Politics, Progressive Policy Series . - New Politics, Progressive Policy Series .
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Maps -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Power from Above -- 1 - Foreign States and Trade Relations -- 2 - Multinational Corporations and Nationalization -- 3 - International Organization and Governance -- 4 - Rentier States and Kleptocracy -- 5 - Praetorian Regimes and Terror -- Part II: Power From Below -- 6 - Journalists and Intellectuals -- 7 - Political Parties and Elections -- 8 - Armed Struggle for Independence -- 9 - Popular Resistance and People Power -- 10 - Unscrambling the Scramble for African Oil -- Bibliography -- Index.
How Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how African people have resisted.
9781849646284
Petroleum industry and trade-Africa.
Electronic books.
HD9577.A2 Y38 2012
338.2728096